lit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
trad. 手不釋卷
Also written 手不釋卷【shǒu bù shì juàn】
Characters in this word
4手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
释
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to explain, to release, Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]), Buddhism
- Pinyin
- shì
- Traditional
- 釋
- Strokes
- 12
卷
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to roll up, (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation), (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive, a roll, classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
- Pinyin
- juǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3774 of 2500