钱钟书
Qián Zhōng shū
Pinyin

Definition

钱钟书
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Qián Zhōng shū
  1. Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

分钟
fēn zhōng
  1. 1 minute
书
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
有钱
yǒu qián
  1. 1 well-off
  2. 2 wealthy
读书
dú shū
  1. 1 to read a book
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to attend school
钱
Qián
  1. 1 surname Qian
钟
zhōng
  1. 1 clock
  2. 2 o'clock
  3. 3 time as measured in hours and minutes
  4. 4 bell
  5. 5 CL:架[jià],座[zuò]
交钱
jiāo qián
  1. 1 to pay up
  2. 2 to shell out
  3. 3 to hand over the money to cover sth
值钱
zhí qián
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 costly
  3. 3 expensive
价钱
jià qian
  1. 1 price
副书记
fù shū ji
  1. 1 deputy secretary
取钱
qǔ qián
  1. 1 to withdraw money
图书
tú shū
  1. 1 books (in a library or bookstore)
  2. 2 CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù]
图书馆
tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
压岁钱
yā suì qián
  1. 1 money given to children as new year present
存钱
cún qián
  1. 1 to deposit money
  2. 2 to save money
念书
niàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
情书
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
挣钱
zhèng qián
  1. 1 to make money
教科书
jiào kē shū
  1. 1 textbook
  2. 2 CL:本[běn]

Idioms (20)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
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
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
  1. 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
  3. 3 to hold a position passively
多钱善贾
duō qián shàn gǔ
  1. 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
摇钱树
yáo qián shù
  1. 1 a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. 2 a source of easy money (idiom)
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
  1. 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
有钱有势
yǒu qián yǒu shì
  1. 1 rich and powerful (idiom)
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
  1. 1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
  1. 1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)

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