仰屋著书 — Chinese idiom
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
Traditional: 仰屋著書
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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