书简 (書簡)
shū jiǎn
Pinyin
Definition
书简 (書簡)
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- (literary) letter
Character Decomposition
Idioms (15)
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
因陋就简
- 1 crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can
- 2 to do things simply and thriftily
- 3 It's not pretty but it works.
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)