琴棋书画

qínqíshūhuà

lute-playing, chess, calligraphy, and painting—accomplishments of a scholar of the old school

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Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)

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琴棋书画

qín qí shū huà

lyre-playing, chess, calligraphy and painting -- fancies of men of letters; lute-playing, chess, calligraphy, and painting -- accomplishments of a scholar of the old school:

琴棋书画样样皆精 be thoroughly accomplished in lyre-playing, chess, calligraphy and painting

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琴棋書畫|琴棋书画 [qín qí shū huà] ► Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)