<p>One way is: 书面语 . See <a href="http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A6%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%AD" rel="nofollow">http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A6%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%AD</a> for more information</p>

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2015-05-02T13:04:47.180Z
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Master Sparkles
<p>I'm looking for synonyms of everyday words, and I realized many of these "complicated words" are used in Chinese literature. Is there a name for this group of words? For example, we sometimes read 蓦然 in books which is actually just 猛然</p>

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Do 蓦然 and 猛然 really mean exactly the same thing?  The character 猛 by itself seems more ferocious that 蓦.
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If  you like elegant or interesting words，why not read classic novels。 hard to read,but really plentiful.
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Chinese literature vocabulary
# Chinese literature vocabulary

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-02)

I'm looking for synonyms of everyday words, and I realized many of these "complicated words" are used in Chinese literature. Is there a name for this group of words? For example, we sometimes read 蓦然 in books which is actually just 猛然

**Tags:** literary-chinese, literature

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do 蓦然 and 猛然 really mean exactly the same thing?  The character 猛 by itself seems more ferocious that 蓦.  
> **username_2**: If  you like elegant or interesting words，why not read classic novels。 hard to read,but really plentiful.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2015-05-02. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

One way is: 书面语 . See <http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%A6%E9%9D%A2%E8%AF%AD> for more information


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