文房四宝

Traditional: 文房四寶

wén fáng sì bǎo

Dictionary entry

Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]

What does 文房四宝 mean?

文房四宝 (wén fáng sì bǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]

2the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)

Character breakdown

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文Wénsurname Wen 房Fángsurname Fang 四sìfour · 4 宝bǎovariant of 寶|宝[bao3]

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