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Definition: Wen-li
Wen-li
\W[^e]n"-li`\, n. [Chin. w[^e]n li.]
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]