手不释卷 — Chinese idiom
手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn
Traditional: 手不釋卷
Meaning
- lit. always with a book in hand
- fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
Character by character
- 手shǒuhand
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 释shìto explain, to interpret; to release
- 卷juànbook, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll
Idioms sharing a character
- 七手八脚 qī shǒu bā jiǎo
- 上下其手 shàng xià qí shǒu
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
- 两手空空 liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
- 大手大脚 dà shǒu dà jiǎo
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
- 得心应手 dé xīn yìng shǒu
- 心慈手软 xīn cí shǒu ruǎn
- 心狠手辣 xīn hěn shǒu là
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