焚硯
fén​yàn

to destroy one's ink-slab

  • created reference approved 焚砚/焚硯 → 焚研 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    焚砚 / 焚硯 fén​yàn

    焚研 fén​yàn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 焚砚/焚硯 · fén​yàn · to destroy one's ink-slab — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    焚砚 / 焚硯

    fén​yàn

    to destroy one's ink-slab

    to destroy one's ink-slab as a sign that one will write no more, usually out of shame because others write so much better; to stop writing forever

    焚, 砚

    焚 (literal) → 焚 · fén · to burn 砚 (literal) → 砚/硯 · yàn · inkstone

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

    created sense