Entry
  1. (lit.) the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom); (fig.) (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous

    trad. 筆走龍蛇

Also written 筆走龍蛇【bǐ zǒu lóng shé】

Characters in this word

4
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
Traditional
Strokes
10
Frequency
5158 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to walk, to go, to run, to move (of vehicle), to visit, to leave, to go away, to die (euph.), from, through, away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]), to change (shape, form, meaning)

Pinyin
zǒu
Strokes
7
Frequency
60 of 2500