筆

pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

(arch. introductory particle) / then / and then

to write off at one stroke

to write on behalf of sb / to ghostwrite

to put pen to paper

light pen

foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)

(idiom) to mention only very briefly / to skate over (a topic)

Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes / variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2]

five-stroke code, Chinese character input method

five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

to take notes

to write freely / to express oneself as one pleases

superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy)

writing up of official or judicial documents / pettifoggery

Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes (variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2])

lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly

to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing

variant of 一筆抹殺|一笔抹杀[yi1 bi3 mo3 sha1]

rollerball pen

abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983

five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983