| | to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL: 本 | HSK 2 |
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| | pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: 支, 枝 | HSK 2 |
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| | notebook (stationery) / CL: 本 / notebook (computing) | HSK 2 |
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| | written examination / paper test (for an applicant) | HSK 6 |
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| | (formal, honorific) your writing; your handwriting / pen; calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to put down in writing / to take down notes / transcript / record | |
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| | pen name / pseudonym | |
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| | painting brush | |
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| | handwriting | |
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| | essay | |
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| | writings / writing style | |
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| | to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw | |
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| | strokes of a Chinese character | |
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| | to put pen to paper | |
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| | brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing | |
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| | the wording and purport of what one writes | |
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| | lit. divine pen / fig. outstanding writing | |
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| | technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing | |
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| | perfectly straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright | |
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| | abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983 | |
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| | to write on behalf of sb / to ghostwrite | |
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| | written translation | |
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| | in one's own handwriting | |
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| | ability to write / writing skill / written / in written form | |
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| | foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) | |
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| | pen container; brush pot | |
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| | pen rack / pen-holder | |
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| | pencil lead; pen refill | |
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| | to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting | |
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| | the shaft of a pen or writing brush / (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆 and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆) | |
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| | paintbrush; writing brush (esp. in graphics software) | |
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| | talented, gifted or ingenious writing | |
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| | to do a sum in writing / written calculation | |
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| | gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description | |
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| | to take up one's pen / to start to write | |
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| | sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale | |
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| | to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush") | |
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| | a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing | |
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| | stroke order (when writing Chinese character) | |
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| | pen and ink / words / writing | |
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| | the tip of a writing brush / vigor of style in writing / stroke / touch | |
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| | PEN (association of writers) | |
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| | (standing) very straight / straight as a ramrod / bolt upright / well-ironed / trim | |
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| | to make a living by writing / to write (as an author) | |
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| | gifted or skillful writing | |
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| | to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking) / to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue) / (in book titles) essays / sketches | |
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| | nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil | |
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| | (of writing) tone / style | |
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| | pen pal | |
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| | pencil sharpener (blade-only type) | |
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| | to write / to do the actual writing | |
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| | to put pen to paper | |
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| | the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself) | |
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| | light pen | |
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| | to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) | |
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| | to write without lifting one's pen from the paper | |
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| | to write off at one stroke | |
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| | eyebrow pencil (cosmetics) | |
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| | writing brush | |
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| | the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush | |
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| | to stop one's pen / to break off writing / final remarks (at the end of a book or article) | |
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| | to write at a tremendous speed | |
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| | words written on one’s deathbed / an artist's final work / swansong | |
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| | to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc) | |
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| | the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) | |
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| | lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous | |
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| | writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery | |
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| | (Tw, HK) ballpoint pen | |
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| | to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen | |
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| | to write elegantly | |
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| | remuneration for literary or artistic work | |
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| | beautiful or talented writing | |
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| | my clumsy writing (humble expr.) / my humble pen | |
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| | brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc) | |
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| | to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway | |
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| | written polemics | |
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| | to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing | |
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| | lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly | |
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| | to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting) | |
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| | postscript | |
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| | superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy) | |
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| | a form of automatic writing in which two or more participants hold a single pen over a sheet of paper and invite a spirit to write answers to their questions / a spirit so invited | |
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| | to wield the pen / to write | |
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| | writing brush and ink stone | |
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| | pencil lead / refill (for a ball-point pen) | |
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| | to hold the pen / to do the actual writing | |
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| | (poorly paid) ghostwriter or substitute calligrapher | |
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| | marker (loanword) / felt marker | |
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| | rollerball pen | |
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| | to make one's living by writing | |
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