仰 屋 著 书

yǎng wū zhù shūdictionary entry

lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book

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Original source entry:

仰屋著書 仰屋著书 [yang3 wu1 zhu4 shu1] /lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book/

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