杂文

雜文
záwén
noun

Measure Word

一篇杂文 piān

Meanings

  1. 1 short satirical or critical essay

Examples

HSK 4
Tā měi zhōu gěi bàozhǐ xiě yì piān záwén.
He writes a satirical essay for the newspaper every week.
HSK 7-9
Zhè piān záwén suīrán hěn duǎn, què bǎ shèhuì shàng de guài xiànxiàng xiě de rùmù-sānfēn.
The essay is short, but it skewers the oddities of society to the bone.

Tips

culture
鲁迅 (Lu Xun) made the 杂文 his main weapon in the 1920s and 30s: short pieces that take on a social problem with irony and wit. A 散文 (prose essay) is more personal and lyrical.

Stroke Order

杂 zá
文 wén