笔[bǐ]

名

1. pen, pencil or writing brush

♦ 一枝~ a pen or pencil

♦ 一管~ a writing or painting brush

2. technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing

♦ 文笔

3. stroke; touch

♦ 这里再添几~, 情节就更生动了。 Add a few touches here and the episode will be more lively.

♦ 你给他写信时, 替我带一~。 Please remember me to him when you write.

动write

♦ ~之于书 put down in black and white

量

1. (for sums of money, financial accounts, debts, etc.)

♦ 一~钱 a sum of money; a fund

♦ 我们有三~账要算。 We have three scores to settle.

2. (for skill in callighraphy or painting)

♦ 写得一~好字 write a good hand

♦ 能画几~山水画 be a landscape painter of sorts