汉书 (漢書)
Hàn shū
Pinyin

Definition

汉书 (漢書)
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Hàn shū
  1. History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Èr shí sì Shǐ], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Bān Gù] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 classifier: 家 jiā
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
shū diàn
  1. 1 bookstore
  2. 2 classifier: 家 jiā

Idioms (20)

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
好汉不吃眼前亏
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
  1. 1 a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
好汉不提当年勇
hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
  1. 1 a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
好汉做事好汉当
hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng
  1. 1 daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)
  2. 2 a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
  3. 3 the buck stops here
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)