持橐簪笔
chí​tuó​zān​bǐ

to serve as a counselor

  • created sense approved 持橐簪笔/持橐簪筆 · chí​tuó​zān​bǐ · to serve as a counselor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    持橐簪笔 / 持橐簪筆

    chí​tuó​zān​bǐ

    to serve as a counselor

    (idiom) to serve as a counselor or personal assistant; describes an advisor who is always ready with writing tools to take notes or give advice

    持 (literal) → 持 · chí · to hold 橐 (literal) → 橐 · tuó · sack 簪笔 (literal) → 簪笔/簪筆 · zān​bǐ · to stick a brush in one's hair

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense