隶书 (隸書)
lì shū
Pinyin

Definition

隶书 (隸書)
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lì shū
  1. clerical script
  2. official script (Chinese calligraphic style)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

图书馆
tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 classifier: 家 jiā
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
情书
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
书
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
书记
shū ji
  1. 1 secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)
  2. 2 clerk
  3. 3 scribe

Idioms (12)

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
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
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

Sample Sentences

有兴趣？有兴趣的话我们一起练习啊，除了楷书，对初学者来说隶书也是不错的选择。
yǒu xìngqù ？yǒu xìngqù dehuà wǒmen yīqǐ liànxí ā ，chúle kǎishū ，duì chūxuézhě láishuō lìshū yě shì bùcuò de xuǎnzé 。
You're interested? If you're interested we should do it together. As well as regular script, clerical script is also a good choice for beginners.
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大陆也有人嚷着要恢复繁体字。不过简体方便，容易写容易记。据说扫盲多亏了它。再说几千年来汉字一直在简化啊。从甲骨文、金文变为篆书，再变为隶书、楷书，总体趋势就是从繁到简。
dàlù yě yǒurén rǎng zhe yào huīfù fántǐzì 。bùguò jiǎntī fāngbiàn ，róngyì xiě róngyì jì 。jùshuō sǎománg duōkuī le tā 。zàishuō jǐ qiān nián lái hànzì yīzhí zài jiǎnhuà ā 。cóng jiǎgǔwén 、jīnwén biàn wéi zhuànshū ，zài biàn wéi lìshū 、kǎishū ，zǒngtǐ qūshì jiùshì cóng fán dào jiǎn 。
There are also people on the mainland who say we should get back to traditional characters. But simplified characters are convenient, easy to remember and to write. Apparently they did a lot to reduce illiteracy. And furthermore, Chinese characters have been being simplified for thousands of years. From oracle bones and bronze inscriptions to seal script, and then again to the Han script and regular script-- the general trend is from complexity to simplicity.
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