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noun
The brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese and other East Asian calligraphic traditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
A translation of Chinese 文房四寶/文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo).
Across languages
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