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The Meanings of the "Hongyan" Entry in the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary

Zha Zhong-lin

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Hongyan is a word of high frequency.As the most authoritative dictionary,the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary has a comparatively mono-definition of this word.Based on the corpus statistics,this paper concludes that hongyan has five senses as a dictionary entry,such as beauty,feminine,looks of beautiful ladies and rosy cheeks,etc.

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Hongyan is a word of high frequency.As the most authoritative dictionary,the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary has a comparatively mono-definition of this word.Based on the corpus statistics,this paper concludes that hongyan has five senses as a dictionary entry,such as beauty,feminine,looks of beautiful ladies and rosy cheeks,etc.

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Hongyan is a word of high frequency.As the most authoritative dictionary,the Contemporary Chinese Dictionary has a comparatively mono-definition of this word.Based on the corpus statistics,this paper concludes that hongyan has five senses as a dictionary entry,such as beauty,feminine,looks of beautiful ladies and rosy cheeks,etc.

Key concepts: Word (group theory), Beauty, History, Linguistics, Computer science, Art, Aesthetics, Philosophy

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