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变文
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

变文 [biànwén]
  1. 1. noun A genre of performance art in the Tang to Five-Dynasties period that alternates prose narrative with rhymed singing in dramatizing Buddhist stories, historical tales or folklore; mostly preserved in the anthology 《敦煌变文集》.
    他最近在研究敦煌变文
    He is studying the bianwen from Dun huang that features alternate prose, and rhyming lines recently.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

变文 [biànwén]
  1. 1. 唐、五代时期的一种说唱文学。韵文和散文交替变换运用。内容原为佛经故事,后也包括历史故事、民间传说等。《敦煌变文集》辑录较详。

Examples

他最近在研究敦煌变文
He is studying the bianwen from Dun huang that features alternate prose, and rhyming lines recently. 变文

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