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Meaning of 序文

序文 means preface; foreword; introductory essay placed before the main text of a book. Pronounced xù wén.

  • preface; foreword; introductory essay placed before the main text of a book

Definitions & Examples

Zuò
zhě
zài
zhè
běn
shū
de
wén
zhōng
xiáng
jiè
shào
le
de
xiě
zuò
dòng
 

The author detailed his writing motivation in the preface of this book.

Zhè
wèi
zhī
míng
xué
zhě
wéi
qīng
nián
zuò
jiā
de
xīn
zuò
zhuàn
xiě
le
wén
 

This renowned scholar wrote the foreword for the young writer's new work.

jiàn
xiān
wén
 
zhè
yàng
gèng
hǎo
de
jiě
quán
shū
de
zhǔ
zhǐ
 

I suggest you read the preface first, so you can better understand the main theme of the book.

Zhè
běn
shū
de
wén
zài
zhèng
wén
zhī
qián
 
ér
zài
zhèng
wén
zhī
hòu
 

The preface of this book comes before the main text, while the postscript comes after.