书牍 (書牘)
shū dú
Pinyin
Definition
书牍 (書牘)
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- letter
- wooden writing strips (arch.)
- general term for letters and documents
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
仰屋著书
- 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
折节读书
- 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
- 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
- 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
- 3 a person who does so
书不尽言
- 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
- 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family