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Chinese
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pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters |
shaft
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| trad. (筆桿子)
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筆
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桿子
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| simp. (笔杆子)
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笔
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杆子
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Pronunciation
Noun
筆桿子
- shaft of a pen or writing bush; penholder
- (figuratively) pen; ability to write
殺人有兩種，一種是用槍桿子殺人，一種是用筆桿子殺人。偽裝得最巧妙，殺人不見血的，是用筆殺人。
杀人有两种，一种是用枪杆子杀人，一种是用笔杆子杀人。伪装得最巧妙，杀人不见血的，是用笔杀人。 - From: 1953, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《批判梁漱溟的反動思想》 (Criticism of Liang Shu-ming's Reactionary Ideas), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Shārén yǒu liǎng zhǒng, yī zhǒng shì yòng qiānggǎnzi shārén, yī zhǒng shì yòng bǐgǎnzi shārén. Wěizhuāng de zuì qiǎomiào, shārénbùjiànxiě de, shì yòng bǐ shārén.
- There are two ways of killing people: one is to kill with the gun and the other with the pen. The way which is most artfully disguised and draws no blood is to kill with the pen.
- (figuratively) effective writer
Synonyms
- (shaft of a pen): 筆桿／笔杆 (bǐgǎn)
- (good writer): 筆桿／笔杆 (bǐgǎn)
- (ability to write): 筆桿／笔杆 (bǐgǎn)