筆墨

笔墨
bǐmò
  1. pen and ink
  2. words
  3. writing

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) writing; words; composition
  2. (literally) writing brush and ink; pen and ink
  3. writing brush and ink; pen and ink
  4. writing; words; composition

Wiktionary

  1. 寫字用的筆和墨。
  2. 比喻文章。
  3. 親手寫的筆跡墨畫。
  4. 中國畫技法和理論上的術語，有時亦作中國畫技法的總稱。技法上，筆指鉤、勒、皴、點等筆法，墨指烘、染、破、積等墨法。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 筆 bǐ
  1. brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy)
  2. (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork
  3. (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character
  4. (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business
  5. (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)

classifiers: 支, 枝
2 墨 mò
  1. ink stick
  2. China ink
  3. corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

classifier: 塊

Containing this entry

屠毒筆墨 túdúbǐmò
  1. poisonous writing
  2. disparaging writing
  3. calumny
筆墨紙硯 bǐmòzhǐyàn
弄筆墨 nòngbǐmò
筆墨官司 bǐmòguānsi

Related entries

字句 zìjù
  1. words
  2. expressions
  3. writing
言 yán
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. to say
  4. to talk
他们永不言弃。

They never give up.

Source: Tatoeba

言語 yányǔ
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. (spoken) language
言语无法形容我有多爱你。

Words cannot describe how much I love you.

Source: Tatoeba

言辭 yáncí
  1. words
  2. expression
  3. what one says
話語 huàyǔ
  1. words
  2. speech
  3. utterance
  4. discourse
严格地讲,这句话语法上有错误。

Strictly speaking, this sentence is grammatically incorrect.

Source: Tatoeba

一席話 yīxíhuà
  1. the content of a conversation
  2. words
  3. remarks
出言 chūyán
  1. to speak
  2. words
唇舌 chúnshé
  1. argument
  2. words
  3. lips and tongue
言談 yántán
  1. discourse
  2. words
  3. utterance
  4. what one says
  5. manner of speech
嘴裡 zuǐlǐ
  1. mouth
  2. in the mouth
  3. on one's lips
  4. speech
  5. words
他嘴里一口方言。

He speaks in a dialect.

Source: Tatoeba

話 huà
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. spoken words
  4. speech
  5. talk
  6. words
  7. conversation
  8. what sb said

classifiers: 種, 席, 句, 口, 番

话在嘴边

It's on the tip of my tongue.

Source: Tatoeba

文墨 wénmò
  1. writing
  2. culture
著述 zhùshù
  1. writing
  2. to write
  3. to compile
翰 hàn
  1. writing brush
  2. writing
  3. pen
汤姆和约翰关系很好。

Tom is on good terms with John.

Source: Tatoeba

寫作 xiězuò
  1. to write
  2. to compose
  3. writing
  4. written works
没写作业。

I didn't do the homework.

Source: Tatoeba

文 wén
  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67
他懂義大利文嗎？

Does he know Italian?

Source: Tatoeba

文字 wénzì
  1. character
  2. script
  3. writing
  4. written language
  5. writing style
  6. phraseology

classifier: 個

这是个文字游戏。

It is a word game.

Source: Tatoeba