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Wenlin Software for Learning Chinese () is a software application designed by Tom Bishop, based on his experience of the needs of learners of the Chinese language, predominantly Mandarin. It contains a dictionary function as well as a text reader/writer function for reading and creating Chinese text files. Flashcards of new characters can also be compiled to aid in learning. By pointing the cursor at a Chinese character the software looks up an English word, and vice versa, working like a dictionary. If a word is selected out of context this "could be extremely misleading for Chinese language students"[1] (note however that this review is rather dated and may not apply to the current version). The Wenlin software can recognize files in Unicode, GB, Big5, and HZ format.