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文房四寶

简文房四宝 · 繁文房四寶

Mandarin · pinyin wén fáng sì bǎo

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文: wén · literature, culture, writing
房: fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
四: sì · four
寶: Look up this written character
宝: bǎo · treasure, jewel; precious, rare

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2–2–4–3 · wen2 fang2 si4 bao3

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man4 fong4 sei3 bou2

Cantonese word readings for 文房四寶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

man4 fong4 sei3 bou2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(idiomatic) Four Treasures of the Study (i.e. brush, ink, paper and inkstone, as used in Chinese and other East Asian painting and calligraphic traditions)