书不尽言 — Chinese idiom
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
Traditional: 書不盡言
Meaning
- I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending)
Character by character
- 书shūbook, letter, document; writing
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 尽jìnto exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
Idioms sharing a character
- 仰屋著书 yǎng wū zhù shū
- 折节读书 zhé jié dú shū
- 文弱书生 wén ruò shū shēng
- 书香门第 shū xiāng mén dì
- 牛角挂书 niú jiǎo guà shū
- 琴棋书画 qín qí shū huà
- 白面书生 bái miàn shū shēng
- 知书达理 zhī shū dá lǐ
- 罄竹难书 qìng zhú nán shū
- 著书立说 zhù shū lì shuō
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