antique ink slab; CL:台[tai2]

classmate; fellow student

ink slab; ink stone

Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan)

ink slabs from a place in Shandong

to wash an ink-slab; to prepare for study (idiom)

to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)

ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile

senior fellow student

classmate; fellow student

ink stone; ink slab; CL:方[fang1]

case for an ink slab

see 硯山縣|砚山县[Yan4 shan1 Xian4]

ink slab and sitting mat; place where one studies and teaches

younger fellow student

(concave) ink stone or ink slab

small cup for adding water to an ink stone

ink slab

ink stone; writing as a livelihood

case for an ink stone or ink slab

ink stone; ink slab

to live by writing

high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong

writing brush and ink stone

ink stone made of pottery

Yanshan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan

Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1]

ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface

water container for an ink slab

to grind one's way through an ink stone; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom); to study diligently (idiom)