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砚yàn

ink-stone

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砚兄yàn xiōng

senior fellow student

砚友yàn yǒu

classmate / fellow student

砚室yàn shì

case for an ink slab

砚席yàn xí

ink slab and sitting mat / place where one studies and teaches

砚弟yàn dì

younger fellow student

砚水壶儿yàn shuǐ hú r

water container for an ink slab

砚池yàn chí

(concave) ink stone or ink slab

砚滴yàn dī

small cup for adding water to an ink stone

砚瓦yàn wǎ

ink slab

砚田yàn tián

ink stone / writing as a livelihood

砚盒yàn hé

case for an ink stone or ink slab

砚石yàn shí

ink stone / ink slab

砚耕yàn gēng

to live by writing

砚台yàn tái

ink stone / ink slab / CL:方[fāng]

古砚gǔ yàn

antique ink slab / CL:台[tái]

同砚tóng yàn

classmate / fellow student

墨砚mò yàn

ink slab / ink stone

柘砚zhè yàn

ink slabs from a place in Shandong

涤砚dí yàn

to wash an ink-slab / to prepare for study (idiom)

焚砚fén yàn

to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)

瓦砚wǎ yàn

ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile

磨穿铁砚mó chuān tiě yàn

to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)

笔砚bǐ yàn

writing brush and ink stone

辟雍砚pì yōng yàn

ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface

陶砚táo yàn

ink stone made of pottery

砚山Yàn shān

see 硯山縣|砚山县[Yàn shān Xiàn]

砚山县Yàn shān Xiàn

Yanshan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wén shān Zhuàng zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

广砚Guǎng Yàn

Guangnan and Yanshan (in Yunnan)

程砚秋Chéng Yàn qiū

Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), famous Beijing opera star, second only to 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Méi Lán fāng]

端砚Duān yàn

high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong

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