朱笔 朱筆

朱

• 朱红 朱紅 zhū hóng ㄓㄨ ㄏㄨㄥˊ zyu1 hung4 vermilion
• 朱鹮 朱䴉 zhū huán ㄓㄨ ㄏㄨㄢˊ zyu1 syun4 (bird species of China) crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
• 朱俊 朱儁 Zhū Jùn ㄓㄨ ㄐㄩㄣˋ zyu1 zeon3 Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han
• 朱子 Zhū zǐ ㄓㄨ ㄗˇ zyu1 zi2 Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹
• 朱德 Zhū Dé ㄓㄨ ㄉㄜˊ zyu1 dak1 Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army

笔 筆

• 下笔 下筆 xià bǐ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ haa6 bat1 to put pen to paper
• 大笔 大筆 dà bǐ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ daai6 bat1 (formal) (honorific) your writing; your handwriting
• 毛笔 毛筆 máo bǐ ㄇㄠˊ ㄅㄧˇ mou4 bat1 writing brush
• 笔友 筆友 bǐ yǒu ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ bat1 jau5 pen pal
• 笔记 筆記 bǐ jì ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋ bat1 gei3 to take down (in writing)

• 皓齿朱唇 皓齒硃唇 hào chǐ zhū chún ㄏㄠˋ ㄔˇ ㄓㄨ ㄔㄨㄣˊ hou6 ci2 zyu1 seon4 white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
• 近朱近墨 jìn zhū jìn mò ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄓㄨ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄇㄛˋ gan6 zyu1 gan6 mak6 one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)
• 朱云折槛 朱雲折檻 zhū yún zhé jiàn ㄓㄨ ㄩㄣˊ ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly

• 笔走龙蛇 筆走龍蛇 bǐ zǒu lóng shé ㄅㄧˇ ㄗㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄜˊ bat1 zau2 lung4 se4 lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom)
• 持橐簪笔 持橐簪筆 chí tuó zān bǐ ㄔˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄗㄢ ㄅㄧˇ ci4 tok3 zaam1 bat1 to serve as a counselor (idiom)
• 点睛之笔 點睛之筆 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ dim2 zing1 zi1 bat1 the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch