Word information
Simplified散文
Traditional散文
Pinyinsǎnwén
Part of speech名
HSK 3.06
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
散文
sǎnwén · (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
Character breakdown
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