横笔
héng bǐ
Pinyin

Definition

横笔
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héng bǐ
  1. bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

代笔
dài bǐ
  1. 1 to write on behalf of sb
  2. 2 to ghostwrite
横
héng
  1. 1 horizontal
  2. 2 across
  3. 3 crosswise
  4. 4 horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters)
  5. 5 to place (sth) flat (on a surface)
  6. 6 to cross (a river, etc)
  7. 7 in a jumble
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable
  10. 10 violent
横批
héng pī
  1. 1 horizontal scroll (for inscription)
横行
héng xíng
  1. 1 to go on the rampage
  2. 2 to riot
  3. 3 to run amuck
笔
bǐ
  1. 1 pen
  2. 2 pencil
  3. 3 writing brush
  4. 4 to write or compose
  5. 5 the strokes of Chinese characters
  6. 6 classifier for sums of money, deals
  7. 7 CL:支[zhī],枝[zhī]
笔记
bǐ jì
  1. 1 to take down (in writing)
  2. 2 notes
  3. 3 a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches
  4. 4 CL:本[běn]
笔记本
bǐ jì běn
  1. 1 notebook (stationery)
  2. 2 CL:本[běn]
  3. 3 notebook (computing)
纵横
zòng héng
  1. 1 lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal
  2. 2 length and breadth
  3. 3 criss-crossed
  4. 4 able to move unhindered
  5. 5 abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[Hé zòng Lián héng], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
蜡笔小新
Là bǐ Xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
一笔勾销
yī bǐ gōu xiāo
  1. 1 to write off at one stroke
下笔
xià bǐ
  1. 1 to put pen to paper
伏笔
fú bǐ
  1. 1 foreshadowing (literary device)
  2. 2 foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
圆珠笔
yuán zhū bǐ
  1. 1 ballpoint pen
  2. 2 CL:支[zhī],枝[zhī]
执笔
zhí bǐ
  1. 1 to write
  2. 2 to do the actual writing
妙笔生花
miào bǐ shēng huā
  1. 1 gifted or skillful writing
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
专横
zhuān hèng
  1. 1 imperious
  2. 2 peremptory
强横
qiáng hèng
  1. 1 surly and unreasoning
  2. 2 bullying
  3. 3 tyrannical
手笔
shǒu bǐ
  1. 1 sth written or painted in one's own hand
  2. 2 (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill
  3. 3 style
  4. 4 hand
  5. 5 (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc
  6. 6 scale
才华横溢
cái huá héng yì
  1. 1 brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
  2. 2 brilliant

Idioms (20)

一笔不苟
yī bǐ bù gǒu
  1. 1 lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
口诛笔伐
kǒu zhū bǐ fá
  1. 1 to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)
  2. 2 to denounce by word and pen
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
  1. 1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
  2. 2 very witty
投笔从戎
tóu bǐ cóng róng
  1. 1 to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
  2. 2 to join the military (esp. of educated person)
持橐簪笔
chí tuó zān bǐ
  1. 1 to serve as a counselor (idiom)
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
  1. 1 side issues keep arising (idiom)
横七竖八
héng qī shù bā
  1. 1 in disorder
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens (idiom)
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
  1. 1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
  1. 1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
  2. 2 to criticize right and left
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
  1. 1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
  1. 1 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
横眉怒目
héng méi nù mù
  1. 1 lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
  2. 2 to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
  2. 2 to barge
  3. 3 to charge around violently
眼泪横流
yǎn lèi hèng liú
  1. 1 to be overflowing with tears (idiom)
笔胜于刀文比武强
bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng
  1. 1 the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)
纵横交错
zòng héng jiāo cuò
  1. 1 criss-crossed (idiom)
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
  1. 1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
老气横秋
lǎo qì héng qiū
  1. 1 old and decrepit
  2. 2 proud of one's age and experience (idiom)

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