文房四宝
文房四宝
wén fáng sì bǎo
Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]; the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
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Traditional: 文房四寶
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- (idiom) Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]
- the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
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