著书立说 — Chinese idiom
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
Traditional: 著書立說
Meaning
- to write a book advancing one's theory
Character by character
- 著zhùto show, to prove, to make known
- 书shūbook, letter, document; writing
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 说shuōto speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
Idioms sharing a character
- 仰屋著书 yǎng wū zhù shū
- 著作等身 zhù zuò děng shēn
- 见微知著 jiàn wēi zhī zhù
- 折节读书 zhé jié dú shū
- 文弱书生 wén ruò shū shēng
- 书不尽言 shū bù jìn yán
- 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
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