重文轻武
Traditional form:
重文輕武
Pinyin (reading):
zhòngwénqīngwǔ
Definitions:
- to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military
- to prefer the pen to the sword
Characters:
- 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 文 - culture, literature, writing
- 轻 - light, gentle; simple, easy
- 武 - military; martial, warlike
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