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棄文就武
  hei3 man4 zau6 mou5   jyutping
  qi4 wen2 jiu4 wu3   pinyin
forsake the pen for the sword


Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
棄文就武 / 弃文就武

This word has been viewed 1497 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 10th Nov 2012 23:00
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Characters in this word:

 hei3  -  throw away; discard; abandon
 man4 man4*1 man6  -  written language; literary; civilian
 zau6  -  right away; only; approach; comply with
 mou5  -  force; military, martial
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