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Open the tool →挥毫命楮 (huī háo mìng chǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to put pen to paper”.
挥毫命楮 is pronounced huī háo mìng chǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 挥毫命楮 means “Wield a brush and command paper”. It is used to mean “to put pen to paper”.
毫:毛笔;命:使用;楮:木名,可造纸,借指纸。指开始写作