签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 笔杆 筆桿 bǐ gǎn the shaft of a pen or writing brush / (metonym) pen (as in 耍筆桿|耍笔杆[shua3 bi3gan3] and 搖筆桿|摇笔杆[yao2 bi3gan3]) syn 笔架 筆架 bǐ jià pen rack / pen-holder 笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn 飞黄腾达 飛黃騰達 fēi huáng téng dá lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom) / fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career syn 应天承运 應天承運 yìng tiān chéng yùn lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings 应天顺时 應天順時 yìng tiān shùn shí lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn 神圣 神聖 shén shèng divine / hallow / holy / sacred syn 占卜 zhān bǔ to divine syn 灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn 报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution / karma syn 启示录 啟示錄 qǐ shì lù the Revelation of St John the divine / the Apocalypse 圣手 聖手 shèng shǒu divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner syn 占星 zhān xīng to divine by astrology / horoscope 神曲 shén qǔ The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 但丁 国色天香 國色天香 guó sè tiān xiāng national grace, divine fragrance (idiom) / an outstanding beauty syn 但丁 dàn dīng Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲 显灵 顯靈 xiǎn líng (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear / to make itself manifest 庇佑 bì yòu to bless / to protect / protection (esp. divine) syn 卜卦 bǔ guà to divine using the eight trigrams syn 圣祖 聖祖 shèng zǔ divine ancester / patron saint 神权 神權 shén quán divine right (of kings) 占 zhān to observe / to divine syn 卜 bǔ (bound form) to divine syn 乩 jī to divine 筮 shì divine by stalk syn 祂 tā (third person pronoun for a divine being) 报应不爽 報應不爽 bào yìng bù shuǎng divine retribution is unfailing (idiom) / one is inevitably punished for one's misdeeds 天香国色 天香國色 tiān xiāng guó sè divine fragrance, national grace (idiom) / an outstanding beauty syn 神机妙算 神機妙算 shén jī miào suàn divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom) / clever scheme / supremely clever in his schemes syn 騆 zhōu divine horse 卜占 bǔ zhān to divine / to prophesy / to foretell the future 卜课 卜課 bǔ kè to divine by tossing coins 四灵 四靈 sì líng four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2] / also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky 神化 shén huà to make divine / apotheosis 妇女地球上帝中心 婦女地球上帝中心 Center for Women, the Earth, the Divine 庇祐 bì yòu to bless / to protect / protection (esp. divine) / also written 庇佑[bi4 you4] 灵枢经 靈樞經 líng shū jīng Lingshu Jing (Divine Pivot, or Spiritual Pivot), ancient Chinese medical text (c. 1st century BC) 掷筊 擲筊 zhì jiǎo poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer 天条 天條 tiān tiáo heavenly decree / divine commandment / (fig.) unbreakable taboo / absolute edict (often humorous or sarcastic) / prohibition decrees of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] syn 感生 gǎn shēng (mythology) to conceive or give birth by non-sexual or divine means / (physics) induced (magnetic field, current etc) 签名 簽名 qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature syn 笔名 筆名 bǐ míng pen name / pseudonym 文具 wén jù stationery / item of stationery (pen, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener etc) syn 钢笔 鋼筆 gāng bǐ fountain pen / CL:支[zhi1] syn 笔墨 筆墨 bǐ mò pen and ink / words / writing syn 带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn 圆珠笔 圓珠筆 yuán zhū bǐ ballpoint pen / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] syn 派克 pài kè Pike or Peck (name) / Parker Pen Company 提笔 提筆 tí bǐ to take up one's pen / to start to write 下笔 下筆 xià bǐ to put pen to paper syn 笔筒 筆筒 bǐ tǒng pen container / brush pot 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 笔尖 筆尖 bǐ jiān nib / pen point / the tip of a writing brush or pencil 挥毫 揮毫 huī háo to write or draw with a brush / to put pen to paper / to write syn 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 落笔 落筆 luò bǐ to put pen to paper / to start to write or draw syn 死亡笔记 死亡筆記 sǐ wáng bǐ jì Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4] 笔友 筆友 bǐ yǒu pen pal 笔会 筆會 bǐ huì PEN (association of writers) 口诛笔伐 口誅筆伐 kǒu zhū bǐ fá to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom) / to denounce by word and pen syn 笔误 筆誤 bǐ wù a slip of a pen / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 笔芯 筆芯 bǐ xīn pencil lead / pen refill syn 原子笔 原子筆 yuán zǐ bǐ (Tw, HK) ballpoint pen syn 运笔 運筆 yùn bǐ to wield the pen / to write 中性笔 中性筆 zhōng xìng bǐ rollerball pen 煞笔 煞筆 shā bǐ to stop one's pen / to break off writing / final remarks (at the end of a book or article) syn 笔杆子 筆桿子 bǐ gǎn zi pen / an effective writer syn 牛栏 牛欄 niú lán cattle pen 触控笔 觸控筆 chù kòng bǐ stylus pen 连写 連寫 lián xiě to write without lifting one's pen from the paper / (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces) 荧光笔 熒光筆 yíng guāng bǐ highlighter (pen) 记号笔 記號筆 jì hao bǐ (permanent) marker (pen) 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) syn 畜栏 畜欄 chù lán pen for livestock 笔帽 筆帽 bǐ mào the cap of a pen, pencil, or writing brush syn 笔心 筆心 bǐ xīn pencil lead / refill (for a ball-point pen) syn 笔 筆 bǐ pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] syn 圈 juān to confine / to lock up / to pen in syn 圈 juàn livestock enclosure / pen / fold / sty syn 喷 噴 pēn to spout / to spurt / to spray / to puff / (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online) syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 翰 hàn writing brush / writing / pen syn 盆 pén basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 栈 棧 zhàn a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack syn 湓 pén flowing of water / name of a river 柙 xiá cage / pen / scabbard syn 溷 hùn privy / animal pen / muddy / disordered / to disturb 牿 gù shed or pen for cattle 文武双全 文武雙全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom) / fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword syn 摛 chī to spread (fame) / wield (pen) 光笔 光筆 guāng bǐ light pen 栏圈 欄圈 lán quān pen / animal yard 歕 pēn old variant of 噴|喷[pen1] 歕 pèn to puff / to spout 金庸 jīn yōng Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy 呠 pēn to spurt / to blow out / to puff out / to snort 阹 qū a pen / to surround 