签字笔 簽字筆 qiān zì bǐ felt-tip pen / roller ball pen / gel ink pen 下毒 xià dú to put poison in sth / to poison syn 毒剂 毒劑 dú jì a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon 毒气弹 毒氣彈 dú qì dàn poison gas shell / poison gas grenade 毒 dú poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics syn 鸩 鴆 zhèn legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb syn 屠毒 tú dú poison / to murder by poison 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 来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter / to send us a letter syn 来函 來函 lái hán incoming letter / letter from afar / same as 來信|来信[lai2 xin4] syn 介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference 信笺 信箋 xìn jiān letter / letter paper syn 书不尽言 書不盡言 shū bù jìn yán I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom) 郢书燕说 郢書燕說 yǐng shū yān shuō lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise" 敬悉 jìng xī (honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter. 死信 sǐ xìn lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death syn 盘符 盤符 pán fú drive letter (letter assigned to a disk drive or partition) (computing) 协助通知书 xié zhù tòng zhī shū letter of assist / assist letter 调查委托书 調查委托書 letter of request / letter rogatory 代询证人委托书 代詢證人委托書 letter of request / letter rogatory 审计业务约定书 審計業務約定書 audit engagement letter / engagement letter 业务约定书 業務約定書 audit engagement letter / engagement letter 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 毒品 dú pǐn drugs / narcotics / poison syn 毒药 毒藥 dú yào poison syn 排毒 pái dú to expel poison (from the system) / to detox 施放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) syn 毒气 毒氣 dú qì poison gas / toxic gas / manifestation of passion, anger etc (Buddhism) syn 毒害 dú hài to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc / to poison (people's minds) / to corrupt / pernicious influence syn 毒物 dú wù poisonous substance / poison syn 服毒 fú dú to take poison 下药 下藥 xià yào to prescribe medicine / to poison / to slip a drug (into sb's drink etc) syn 毒针 毒針 dú zhēn to inject poison 放毒 fàng dú to poison / (fig.) to spread vicious rumors syn 饮鸩止渴 飲鴆止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse syn 鼠药 鼠藥 shǔ yào rat poison syn 流毒 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence syn 药 藥 yào medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] / to poison syn 蜂毒 fēng dú wasp poison 灭鼠药 滅鼠藥 miè shǔ yào rat poison 蛊 蠱 gǔ arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite 酖 zhèn poisonous / to poison 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 无毒不丈夫 無毒不丈夫 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless. 慢累积 慢累積 màn lěi jī accumulates slowly / cumulative (e.g. poison) 全身中毒性毒剂 全身中毒性毒劑 quán shēn zhōng dú xìng dú jì systemic agent / systemic gas / systemic poison 蛙突 wā tū batrachotoxin (BTX), poison from frogs 殙 hūn to die by taking poison 杀螺剂 殺螺劑 shā luó jì snail poison 毒化 dú huà to poison (usu. figuratively) / to debase / to pervert / to harm syn 毒腺 dú xiàn poison gland 积累毒性 積累毒性 jī lěi dú xìng cumulative poison 箭毒蛙 jiàn dú wā poison dart frog 有毒物质 有毒物質 yǒu dú wù zhì poison 毒渔 dú yú poison fishing 毒物控制中心 poison centre 杀鼠药 殺鼠藥 shā shǔ yào rat poison 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛 luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom) / to each his own 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜 jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom) 荝 萴 cè plant genus Aconitum, aka monkshood or wolf's bane (used as poison and medicine) / Taiwan pr. [ze2] 投毒 tóu dú to poison 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛 luó bo - bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài (saying) one man's meat is another man's poison / to each his own 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 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 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 