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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

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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.
    – Colin McLarty
    May 2, 2015 at 16:26
  • If you like elegant or interesting words，why not read classic novels。 hard to read,but really plentiful.
    – sfy
    May 4, 2015 at 4:32

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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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