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  *书* | 书* | *书
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
schoolbag / satchel / bookbag / CL: 個|个, 隻|只
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
bookstore / CL:
HSK 1
library / CL: , 個|个
HSK 1
bookshelf / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
secretary
HSK 4
written notice
HSK 4
credentials / certificate
HSK 5
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
desk / CL: 張|张
HSK 5
bookcase
HSK 5
contract / protocol
HSK 5
books (in a library or bookstore) / CL: , 冊|册,
HSK 6
study (room) / studio / CL: 間|间
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
books / works
HSK 7-9
secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
HSK 7-9
in writing / written
HSK 7-9
to write
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to read / to study
HSK 7-9
bookcase
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textbook / CL:
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encyclopedia / CL: ,
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  *书* | 书* | *书
abbr. for 書經|书经
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / see also 啃書|啃书
literary reputation
painting and calligraphy
entire book; unabridged book
book review / book notice
bookstore / publishing house
to listen to a performance of pinghua storytelling 評話|评话 / to listen to an audiobook
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
page of a book
book / CL:
commission / proxy / power of attorney / authorization / warrant
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house)
to read / to study
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / the accomplishments of a well-educated person
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
a series of books / a collection of books
love letter
dictionary / encyclopedia
to write a letter (to the authorities) / to present a petition
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
high official / government minister
character book (i.e. school primer)
letter / epistle
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
a book on the art of war
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
volume / scroll
pornographic book
imperial edict
to teach (in a school)
running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
folk art consisting of storytelling to music
scholar / intellectual / egghead
grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
to write on the blackboard / writing on the blackboard
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇)
branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记
an official report (e.g. governmental)
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement
to collect books / library collection
a store room for books / fig. an erudite person / the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus
bid or tender submission or delivery / bid or tender document
history book
posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Ban Gu 班固 in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
written war challenge
to write personally / personal letter
second-hand book / old book / ancient book
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and the Book of History 書經|书经
document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
(idiom) frail scholar
clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old)
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
to deliver / to send a letter / a letter (of complaint, opinion etc)
classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras
books and periodicals; publications
(literary) letter
curious coincidence
(old) marriage contract
book cover / book jacket
reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
manuscript of a book
ancient book / old book
bookworm
calligraphic style / font
pingshu, a folk art where a single performer narrates stories from history or fiction
bookmark / CL: 張|张
to write a book
History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄 in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝, 130 scrolls

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