筆耕
bǐ​gēng

to make a living by writing

  • created sense approved 笔耕/筆耕 · bǐ​gēng · to make a living by writing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    笔耕 / 筆耕

    bǐ​gēng

    to make a living by writing

    to earn a living through writing or copying; in modern usage, also a formal term for the act of writing as an author

    笔 (literal) → 笔/筆 · bǐ · pen 耕 (literal) → 耕 · gēng · to work in a field

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

    created sense