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  *筆* | 筆* | *筆
pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL: ,
HSK 2
fountain pen / CL:
HSK 5
writing brush / CL: ,
HSK 5
(lead) pencil / CL: , , 桿|杆
HSK 6
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
(formal, honorific) your writing; your handwriting / pen; calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money)
HSK 7-9
felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen
(Tw, HK) ballpoint pen
to start learning as a poet / to write one's first (poem, essay etc)
writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery
foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story)
eyebrow pencil (cosmetics)
essay
crayon
painting brush
chalk / CL: ,
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
mechanical pencil / propelling pencil
to write on behalf of sb / to ghostwrite
writings / writing style
colored pencil (or crayon or marker etc) / (Tw) color marker
in one's own handwriting
to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
to put pen to paper
to write / to do the actual writing
to put pen to paper
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
fountain pen
postscript
gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
lit. divine pen / fig. outstanding writing
to put pen to paper; to start to write or draw
light pen
to write freely / to express oneself as one pleases
beautiful or talented writing
words written on one’s deathbed / an artist's final work / swansong
to hold the pen / to do the actual writing
to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
to wield the pen / to write
writing brush
to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush")
talented, gifted or ingenious writing
to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway
my clumsy writing (humble expr.) / my humble pen
remuneration for literary or artistic work
to make one's living by writing
brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)
falsification in writing / misrepresentation in written history / deliberate digression
to stop one's pen / to break off writing / final remarks (at the end of a book or article)
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
a straightforward honest account
generic term for hard writing instruments such as quill pens, fountain pens, ball pens and pencils, as opposed to writing brushes
to serve as a counselor (idiom)
superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)
stylus pen
marker (writing instrument)
lip liner
colored markers
whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker
laser pointer (Tw)
quill pen
erasable pen
(permanent) marker (pen)
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
to sharpen a pencil
bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)
eyeliner (cosmetics)
highlighter (pen)
rollerball pen
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
to take up one's pen / to start to write
laser pointer
(botany) common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
marker (loanword) / felt marker
quill pen
marker pen (loanword)
the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point


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