秉笔直书
bǐng​bǐ​zhí​shū

to record faithfully

  • created sense approved 秉笔直书/秉筆直書 · bǐng​bǐ​zhí​shū · to record faithfully — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    秉笔直书 / 秉筆直書

    bǐng​bǐ​zhí​shū

    to record faithfully

    To hold the pen and write down the truth without concealment; to record historical facts honestly.

    秉 (literal) → 秉 · bǐng · to hold 笔 (literal) → 笔/筆 · bǐ · pen 直 (literal) → 直 · zhí · honest 书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · to write

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

    created sense