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手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn
What 手不释卷 means
- lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
- fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
The characters in 手不释卷
- 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
- 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 释shìto explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
- 卷juànscroll; book; volume
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