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Chinese
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to throw; to send
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pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters |
| trad. (投筆)
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投
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筆
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| simp. (投笔)
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投
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笔
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Pronunciation
Verb
投筆
- (literary, figurative, of a writer) to cease writing; to forsake the pen (for something else)
無路請纓，等終軍之弱冠；有懷投筆，慕宗慤之長風。
无路请缨，等终军之弱冠；有怀投笔，慕宗悫之长风。 - From: 675, Preface to the Prince Teng's Pavilion, translated by Victor H. Mair
- Wú lù qǐngyīng, děng Zhōng Jūn zhī ruòguàn; yǒu huái tóubǐ, mù Zōng Què zhī chángfēng.
- I, Wang Bo, am but a minor official who wears a short sash; a mere student and a rather bookish one at that. The way is not open for me to request the tokens of an important mission as Zhong Jun did, though I am still in my twenties as he was; I yearn to throw aside my writing-brush in admiration of Zong Que's far-ranging aspiration.
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