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Open the tool →操翰成章 (cāo hàn chéng zhāng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to pick up a pen and immediately compose a brilliant essay”.
操翰成章 is pronounced cāo hàn chéng zhāng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 操翰成章 means “Wield the brush and compose an essay”. It is used to mean “to pick up a pen and immediately compose a brilliant essay”.
翰:鸟毛,借指毛笔。拿起笔来就写成文章,形容文思敏捷,有文才。