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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
散文 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
散文 ＝ 散 ＋ 文
ㄙㄢˇ ㄨㄣˊ · sǎnwén
noun — prose; the essay (as a literary genre, set against verse)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

散loose, unbound (鬆散)sǎn
文writing (文章)wén
散文，鬆散的散，文章的文。
關 · Related
詩shīverse — the bound, metered form 散文 is set against韻文yùnwénrhymed writing — the opposite kind, named by its rhyme