eight-legged essay

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 八股文 (bāgǔwén).

Noun

eight-legged essay (uncountable)

(education, historical) A portion of the Chinese imperial examination that consisted of writing an essay consisting of eight parts.

Translations

portion of the imperial examination

Chinese:
Mandarin: 八股文 (zh) (bāgǔwén), 八股 (zh) (bāgǔ), 四書文 (zh), 四书文 (zh) (sìshūwén), 制藝 (zh), 制艺 (zh) (zhìyì), 時文 (zh), 时文 (zh) (shíwén)

Finnish: kahdeksanosainen essee
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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