温文尔雅 — Chinese idiom
温文尔雅
wēn wén ěr yǎ
Traditional: 溫文爾雅
Meaning
- cultured and refined ; gentle and cultivated
Character by character
- 温wēnwarm, lukewarm
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 尔ěryou; that, those; final particle
- 雅yǎelegant, graceful, refined
Idioms sharing a character
- 温情脉脉 wēn qíng mò mò
- 重温旧梦 chóng wēn jiù mèng
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 不值一文 bù zhí yī wén
- 博文约礼 bó wén yuē lǐ
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
- 奇文共赏 qí wén gòng shǎng
- 才兼文武 cái jiān wén wǔ
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