提笔忘字
tí​bǐ​wàng​zì

to forget how to write characters

  • created sense approved 提笔忘字/提筆忘字 · tí​bǐ​wàng​zì · to forget how to write characters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    提笔忘字 / 提筆忘字

    tí​bǐ​wàng​zì

    to forget how to write characters

    to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters when one picks up a pen to do so

    提笔 (literal) → 提笔/提筆 · tí​bǐ · to take up a pen 忘 (literal) → 忘 · wàng · to forget 字 (literal) → 字 · zì · character

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

    created sense