畅销书 (暢銷書)
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Pinyin
Definition
畅销书 (暢銷書)
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- best-seller
- best-selling book
- blockbuster
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
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
畅所欲言
- 1 lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic
- 2 to hold forth to one's heart's content
书不尽言
- 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
Sample Sentences
又是一堆没营养的畅销书,大家就不能看点纯文学吗?至少看看小说嘛。
Another load of best-sellers with no intellectual merit whatsoever. Can't everyone read a little classic literature? At least read a novel!