开笔 kāi bǐ — to begin writing (a book, article, or one's first practice in composition)

开笔
kāi bǐ

Characters: 开 · 笔

Definitions

  1. to begin writing (a book, article, or one's first practice in composition)

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. to start learning as a poet
  2. to write one's first (poem, essay etc)

zdic(汉典)

  1. 旧时指学童开始学习写作诗文。
  2. 指年初第一次写字或作诗文。

ExtDict

  1. 旧时指开始学做诗文他八岁～，九岁就成了篇
  2. 旧时指一年中开始写字新春～
  3. 指开始写某一本书或某篇文章。

Examples

  • 他八岁开笔，九岁就能写出完整的文章。

    He began learning composition at eight and could write complete essays by nine.

  • 这部新著他酝酿多年，今春才正式开笔。

    He had been planning this new book for years and only began writing it this spring.