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投tau4筆bat1從cung4戎jung4

simp投笔从戎
tau4 bat1 cung4 jung4tóu bǐ cóng róng

English

  1. to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
  2. to join the military (esp. of educated person)

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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