See 半文半白 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": " 1955, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《農業合作化的一場辯論和當前的階級鬥爭》 (The Debate on the Co-operative Transformation of Agriculture and the Current Class Struggle), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Xiànzài xǔduō tóngzhì de wénzhāng, kōnghuàliánpiān de yě yǒu, dàn bǐjiào shǎo; zhǔyào de quēdiǎn jiùshì gǔwén duō, bànwénbànbái de wèidào hěn dà.",
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"text": "現在許多同志的文章，空話連篇的也有，但比較少；主要的缺點就是古文多，半文半白的味道很大。",
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"ref": " 1955, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《農業合作化的一場辯論和當前的階級鬥爭》 (The Debate on the Co-operative Transformation of Agriculture and the Current Class Struggle), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Xiànzài xǔduō tóngzhì de wénzhāng, kōnghuàliánpiān de yě yǒu, dàn bǐjiào shǎo; zhǔyào de quēdiǎn jiùshì gǔwén duō, bànwénbànbái de wèidào hěn dà.",
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"roman": "Xiànzài xǔduō tóngzhì de wénzhāng, kōnghuàliánpiān de yě yǒu, dàn bǐjiào shǎo; zhǔyào de quēdiǎn jiùshì gǔwén duō, bànwénbànbái de wèidào hěn dà.",
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"ref": " 1955, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《農業合作化的一場辯論和當前的階級鬥爭》 (The Debate on the Co-operative Transformation of Agriculture and the Current Class Struggle), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
"roman": "Xiànzài xǔduō tóngzhì de wénzhāng, kōnghuàliánpiān de yě yǒu, dàn bǐjiào shǎo; zhǔyào de quēdiǎn jiùshì gǔwén duō, bànwénbànbái de wèidào hěn dà.",
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"zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ"
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"zh_pron": "bun³ man⁴ bun³ baak⁶"
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"zh_pron": "ㄅㄢˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄢˋ ㄅㄞˊ"
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