Wen-li
LANGUAGE OF THE SINO-TIBETAN LANGUAGE FAMILY IN WRITTEN FORM (ISO 639-3: LZH) AS OPPOSED TO THE SPOKEN, KNOWN AS OLD CHINESE (ISO 639-3: OCH) OR MIDDLE CHINESE (ISO 639-3: LTC)
Wen yan; Wenyan; Hanmun; Literary Chinese; Wen Yan; Wenyan wen; Chu-nho; Wényán; Chinese, Classical; 文言; Classical Chinese language; Classical chinese; 古文 / 文言文; 古文; 文言文; Chữnho; Chữ-nho; Chu-Nho; Chunho; Wen-yen; Literary Chinese language; ISO 639:lzh; Wen-li; Wen li; Veng-li; Veng li; Wenyanwen; Zh-classical; Wenyan language; Literary Sinitic
·add. ·noun The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.