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五色筆
wǔ​sè​bǐ

literary talent

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

五色笔/ 五色筆 wǔ​sè​bǐ literary talent

A literary reference to the multicolored brush given to the poet 江淹 jiāng​yān in a dream; used to represent one's creative writing talent

References

see 五色笔/五色筆 → 江淹/江淹
see 五色笔/五色筆 → 江郎才尽/江郎才盡
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