Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「持橐簪筆」 below.
Here’s the idiom 「持橐簪筆」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Tuo means pocket; Zan means to insert. It refers to the attendants carrying books and pens to be ready for consultation.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chí tuó zān bǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chi4 tok3 jaam1 bat1
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