課文

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Mandarin · pinyin kè wén

Meanings

  1. text
  2. Classifier: 篇 piān
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課
kè · lesson; course; classwork
文
wén · literature, culture, writing
课
kè · lesson; course; classwork
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4–2 · ke4 wen2

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noun

  1. lesson (in a textbook); text

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