手不释卷
手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
idiom
Traditional: 手不釋卷
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- (idiom) lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
- fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
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Related Words
一如既往(yī rú jì wǎng)· just as in the past (idiom); as before
→一成不变(yī chéng bù biàn)· nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
→太极图说(Tài jí Tú shuō)· philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐[Zhou1 Dun1 yi2], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
→一则以喜，一则以忧(yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu)· happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
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