cầm thư
Definition
- Noun (Archaic):
- Music and books; intellectual life: Refers to the cultural and scholarly pursuits of the traditional literati, encompassing the arts of music ("cầm" - string instrument) and literature ("thư" - books/writings). It symbolizes a life dedicated to learning, refinement, and high culture.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Cái nợ cầm thư phải trả xong. (The debt to the intellectual life must be repaid.)
- Ông ấy sống một cuộc đời cầm thư, xa lánh chốn quan trường. (He lived a life of music and letters, far from the bureaucratic world.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is used in classical or literary contexts to evoke the idealized lifestyle of a Confucian scholar, which involved mastering the arts and cultivating virtue.
Variants and Related Words
- Văn nhân (n): a man of letters; a literatus.
- Nho sĩ (n): a Confucian scholar.
- Tài tử (n): a talented scholar-artist.
Synonyms
- Intellectual pursuits: Activities involving serious thought and study.
- Letters: Literary culture and learning.
- Scholarly life: A life devoted to academic or artistic study.
Related Idioms
- While "cầm thư" itself is not typically part of a common idiom, it is conceptually linked to the phrase:
- Cầm kỳ thi họa: The four arts (lute, chess, calligraphy, painting) of the Chinese scholar-gentleman, representing the same sphere of refined cultivation.
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(cũ) Music and books; intellectual life
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