仰屋著书 (仰屋著書)
yǎng wū zhù shū
Pinyin

Definition

仰屋著书 (仰屋著書)
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yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 house
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 classifier: 间 jiān
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
zhù
  1. 1 to make known
  2. 2 to show
  3. 3 to prove
  4. 4 to write
  5. 5 book
  6. 6 outstanding
zhù míng
  1. 1 famous
  2. 2 noted
  3. 3 well-known
  4. 4 celebrated
yǎng mù
  1. 1 to admire
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully

Idioms (18)

久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
  1. 1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)