书简
书简書簡 shū jiǎn ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧㄢˇ syu1 gaan2
- (literary) letter
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
书
- 图书圖書 tú shū ㄊㄨˊ ㄕㄨ tou4 syu1 books (in a library or bookstore)
- 念书念書 niàn shū ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ nim6 syu1 to read; to study
- 情书情書 qíng shū ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨ cing4 syu1 love letter
- 教书教書 jiāo shū ㄐㄧㄠ ㄕㄨ gaau3 syu1 to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)
- 书包書包 shū bāo ㄕㄨ ㄅㄠ syu1 baau1 schoolbag
- 书写書寫 shū xiě ㄕㄨ ㄒㄧㄝˇ syu1 se2 to write
简
- 简介簡介 jiǎn jiè ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ gaan2 gaai3 summary
- 简便簡便 jiǎn biàn ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ gaan2 bin6 simple and convenient
- 简化簡化 jiǎn huà ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ gaan2 faa3 to simplify
- 简单簡單 jiǎn dān ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄢ gaan2 daan1 simple; not complicated
- 简易簡易 jiǎn yì ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ gaan2 ji6 simple and easy
- 简历簡歷 jiǎn lì ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧˋ gaan2 lik6 curriculum vitae (CV)
Idioms with these characters
- 白面书生白面書生 bái miàn shū shēng ㄅㄞˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨ ㄕㄥ baak6 min6 syu1 sang1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
- 牛角挂书牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄕㄨ ngau4 gok3 gwaa3 syu1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
- 罄竹难书罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨ hing3 zuk1 naan4 syu1 lit. too numerous to record on bamboo slips (idiom)
- 琴棋书画琴棋書畫 qín qí shū huà ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄨ ㄏㄨㄚˋ kam4 kei4 syu1 waa2 (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
- 书不尽言書不盡言 shū bù jìn yán ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄢˊ syu1 bat1 zeon6 jin4 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
- 简明扼要簡明扼要 jiǎn míng è yào ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄜˋ ㄧㄠˋ gaan2 ming4 aak1 jiu3 brief and to the point (idiom)
- 言简意赅言簡意賅 yán jiǎn yì gāi ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄧˋ ㄍㄞ jin4 gaan2 ji3 goi1 concise and comprehensive (idiom)
- 因陋就简因陋就簡 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn ㄧㄣ ㄌㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ jan1 lau6 zau6 gaan2 crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can