仰屋著书
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
idiom
Traditional: 仰屋著書
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- (idiom) lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
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Related Words
天书(tiān shū)— imperial edict
→仰屋兴叹(yǎng wū xīng tàn)— to stare at the ceiling in despair
→孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)— Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→一字千金(yī zì qiān jīn)— one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
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