笔走龙蛇 — Chinese idiom
笔走龙蛇
bǐ zǒu lóng shé
Traditional: 筆走龍蛇
Meaning
- (lit.) the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake
- (fig.) (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous
Character by character
- 笔bǐpen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write;
- 走zǒuto walk, to run, to flee
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 蛇shésnake
Idioms sharing a character
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
- 一笔带过 yī bǐ dài guò
- 口诛笔伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá
- 投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng
- 点睛之笔 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ
- 人走茶凉 rén zǒu chá liáng
- 奔走相告 bēn zǒu xiāng gào
- 东奔西走 dōng bēn xī zǒu
- 行尸走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu
- 走投无路 zǒu tóu wú lù
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