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Open the tool →抱椠怀铅 (bào qiàn huái qiān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be diligently engaged in writing and textual collation or scholarly work; to be a painstaking scholar or writer”.
抱椠怀铅 is pronounced bào qiàn huái qiān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 抱椠怀铅 means “holding a writing tablet and carrying lead powder”. It is used to mean “to be diligently engaged in writing and textual collation or scholarly work; to be a painstaking scholar or writer”.
铅,铅粉;椠,木简。皆书写用具。指勤于写作、校勘。同“握铅抱椠”。