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信达雅
信達雅
xìn
dá
yǎ
(translation studies) faithful, expressive and elegant (translation principles proposed by Yan Fu)
faithful, expressive and elegant (translation principles proposed by Yan Fu)
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1
信
xìn
letter
mail
to trust
to believe
to profess faith in
truthful
confidence
trust
at will
at random
classifier:
封
=2
达
Dá
surname Da
=2
达
dá
to attain
to reach
to amount to
to communicate
eminent
=2
达
tà
only used in
佻㒓
/
佻𠉂
(tiāotà)
3
雅
yǎ
elegant