仰屋著书 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book ; to put one's whole body and soul into a book

Character by character

• 仰yǎngraise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admir
• 屋wūbuilding, house, shelter; room
• 著zhùto show, to prove, to make known
• 书shūbook, letter, document; writing

Idioms sharing a character

• 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng
• 人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān
• 仰人鼻息 yǎng rén bí xī
• 四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā
• 笑不可仰 xiào bù kě yǎng
• 与世俯仰 yǔ shì fǔ yǎng
• 钻坚仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo
• 土阶茅屋 tǔ jiē máo wū
• 爱屋及乌 ài wū jí wū
• 房前屋后 fáng qián wū hòu

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