钱钟书 (錢鐘書)
Qián Zhōng shū
Pinyin
Definition
钱钟书 (錢鐘書)
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- Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
一见钟情
- 1 love at first sight (idiom)
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
做一天和尚撞一天钟
- 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
- 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
- 3 to hold a position passively
多钱善贾
- 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions