书 籍 shū jí books / works 图 书 tú shū books (in a library or bookstore) / CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4] 载 籍 zǎi jí books (in Confucian education) 芸 帙 yún zhì (old) books 芸 签 yún qiān bookmark / books 芸 编 yún biān (old) books 灌 水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 书 库 shū kù a store room for books / fig. an erudite person / the Bibliotheca and Epitome of pseudo-Apollodorus 丛 书 cóng shū a series of books / a collection of books 书 刊 shū kān books and publications 借 阅 jiè yuè to borrow books to read 秘 笈 mì jí secret book or collection of books 藏 书 cáng shū to collect books / library collection 古 籍 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books 借 书 jiè shū borrow books 出 纳 chū nà cashier / to receive and hand over payment / to lend and borrow books 出 书 chū shū to publish books 典 籍 diǎn jí ancient books or records 经 书 jīng shū classic books in Confucianism / scriptures / sutras 算 账 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books / to do the accounts / (fig.) to settle an account / to get one's revenge 书 报 shū bào papers and books 四 库 全 书 Sì kù Quán shū Siku Quanshu (collection of books compiled during Qing dynasty) 蛀 虫 zhù chóng insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc / fig. vermin 本 root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc 印 数 yìn shù the amount of books etc printed at one impression / print run 还 书 huán shū return books 查 帐 chá zhàng to audit accounts / to inspect accounting books 四 书 Sì shū Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子 叶 圣 陶 Yè Shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 二 十 四 史 Er4 shí sì Shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story 严 复 Yán Fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 秋 瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 汗 牛 充 栋 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom) / fig. many books 焚 书 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 书 名 号 shū míng hào Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc) 卷 scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll 乘 four horse military chariot (archaic) / four (archaic) / generic term for history books 册 book / booklet / classifier for books 丛 cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket 蠹 insect that eats into books, clothing etc / moth-eaten / worm-eaten 驆 used in transliterating Buddhist books 卷 帙 浩 繁 juàn zhì hào fán a huge amount (of books and papers) 钻 故 纸 堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers 牛 角 挂 书 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies 阿 摩 司 书 A1 mó sī shū Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament 簿 籍 bù jí account books / registers / records 乐 经 Yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 初 刻 拍 案 惊 奇 Chū kè Pāi àn Jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] 大 先 知 书 Dà xiān zhī shū the biblical books of the prophets 摩 西 五 经 Mó xī Wǔ jīng the Pentateuch / the five books of Moses in the Old Testament 故 纸 堆 gù zhǐ duī a pile of old books 方 册 fāng cè ancient books and volumes / classical writings 栃 archaic variant of 櫪|枥, oak / type of tree in ancient books / stable (for horses) 秦 火 Qín huǒ the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC 箧 笥 qiè sì bamboo box for holding books, clothes etc 蠹 简 dù jiǎn old worm-eaten books 行 万 里 路 胜 读 万 卷 书 xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books 行 万 里 路 ， 读 万 卷 书 xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom) 钩 稽 gōu jī to explore / to investigate / to audit (accounts, books etc) 世 界 书 籍 大 会 World Congress on Books 关 于 承 认 和 移 交 登 记 册 的 协 定 Agreement on Recognition and Handover of Record Books 伊 比 利 亚 － 美 洲 图 书 销 售 综 合 目 录 Integrated catalogue of books for sale in Ibero-America 国 际 青 年 读 物 委 员 会 International Board on Books for Young People 联 合 国 系 统 已 出 版 图 书 数 据 库 Books in Print of the United Nations System 嫏 嬛 Láng huán mythical place where the Celestial Emperor stores his books / (fig.) library 听 君 一 席 话 ， 胜 读 十 年 书 tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb) 二 刻 拍 案 惊 奇 Er4 kè Pāi àn Jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1] 书 中 自 有 黄 金 屋 ， 书 中 自 有 颜 如 玉 shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow 行 万 里 路 ， 读 万 卷 书 xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom) / Learn as much as you can and do all you can. 平 账 píng zhàng (accounting) to balance the books 实 操 shí cāo to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc) / practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 實際操作|实际操作[shi2 ji4 cao1 zuo4])
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