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Mandarin · pinyin xí wén
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- (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms
- official denunciation
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2–2 · xi2 wen2
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noun
- (archaic) official call to arms; official denunciation of the enemy; official declaration of war
- (archaic) letter; notification
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