文房四宝
Traditional form:
文房四寶
Pinyin (reading):
wénfángsìbǎo
Definitions:
- Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆／笔 (bǐ), 墨 (mò), 紙／纸 (zhǐ) and 硯／砚 (yàn)
- the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
Characters:
- 文 - culture, literature, writing
- 房 - building, house, room
- 四 - four
- 宝 - treasure, jewel; rare, precious
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