Entry
投tóu笔bǐ从cóng戎róng

  1. to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated person)

    trad. 投筆從戎

Also written 投筆從戎【tóu bǐ cóng róng】

Characters in this word

4
投
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc), to cast (a ballot), to cast (a glance, a shadow etc), to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine), to send (a letter, a manuscript etc), to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide), to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of, (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water

Pinyin
tóu
Strokes
7
Frequency
3391 of 2500
Words starting with 投Words ending in 投Anywhere in a word
笔
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]), brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy), (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork, (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character, (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business, (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)

Pinyin
bǐ
Traditional
筆
Strokes
10
Frequency
5158 of 2500
Words starting with 笔Words ending in 笔Anywhere in a word