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投笔从戎tóu bǐ cóng róngcast aside the pen to join the army; give up intellectual pursuits for a military career; lay aside one’s brush and become a soldier; renounce the pen for the sword; throw away one’s books and join the troops
❍ 四哥是穷秀才出身，十年前穷得没办法才～。(姚雪垠《李自成》192) You started off as a poor scholar. Ten years ago you were forced by poverty to lay aside your brush and become a soldier.
❍ 兄弟既然～，今后自当努力报国，……(高云览《小城春秋》218) I am therefore putting aside my pen and taking up the sword! From now on,all my efforts shall be devoted to protecting our country.
❍ 季交恕也正聚精会神地静听他们的口令，注视他们的动作，觉得是威武，难怪汉朝的班超～。(李六如《六十年的变迁》Ⅰ—121) Jiaoshu was also watching the soldiers drill with great attention,being deeply impressed with the magnificence of such military might. Here he felt a sudden urge to throw away his books and join the troops.
❍ 此后，季交恕写好了一道上黎元洪“自愿～，请求破格录用”的半万言书，送交了单兆祥。(李六如《六十年的变迁》Ⅰ—140) The next time Shan Zhaoxiang came,Jiaoshu had finished his five-thousand-word letter addressed to Li Yuanhong to the effect that he wished to “throw away the pen and take up the sword in defence of the country”and requested that he be adopted as a soldier through the “exceptional kindness”of the commander. 投笔从戎tou bi cong rongthrow aside the writing brush and join the army 投笔从戎tou bi cong rongthrow aside the writing brush and join the army 投笔从戎cast aside the pen and take up the sword;renounce the pen for the sword;give up one’s civilian post and become a soldier;leave the civil service and join the army;give up academic pursuits for a military career 投笔从戎tóu bǐ cónɡ rónɡ指弃文从军。renounce the pen for the sword, give up intellectual pursuits for a military career, cast aside the pen to join the army |