Read Edit View history 投笔从戎 tóubǐcóngróng to join the military Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóubǐcóngróng to join the military To lay down the pen and take up the sword; used to describe a scholar or an educated person who gives up civilian life to join the army in order to serve their country. Frequency Written text 0.139 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóubǐcóngróng to join the military To lay down the pen and take up the sword; used to describe a scholar or an educated person who gives up civilian life to join the army in order to serve their country. Frequency Written text 0.139 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)