- to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
- to join the military (esp. of educated person)
Characters
- 投 (投): to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
- 笔 (筆): pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
- 从 (从): variant of 從|从[cong2]
- 戎 (戎): surname Rong
Resources
- Wiktionary: 投笔从戎
- MDBG: 投笔从戎
- Examples with 投笔从戎 on Tatoeba
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