粵

封fung1筆bat1

simp封笔
fung1 bat1fēng bǐ

English

  1. to retire from writing or drawing
  2. to stop writing once and for all, or to permanently stop creating literature or art etc; to step out of the art industry; literally, to seal the pen

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 作家、畫家、書法家等決定以後唔再從事文學、藝術、文字工作

Examples

  • 嗰個著名作家決定封筆。

    That famous writer has decided to stop writing forever.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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