封筆
simp封笔fung1 bat1fēng bǐ
English
- to retire from writing or drawing
- 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
- 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