"four treasures of the study" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: A translation of Chinese 文房四寶/文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-|notext=1}} Chinese, {{zh-l|文房四寶}} 文房四寶/文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} four treasures of the study pl (plural only)
  1. The brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese and other East Asian calligraphic traditions. Tags: plural, plural-only Hyponyms: ink brush, ink, paper, inkstone Translations (writing utensils): 文房四寶 (Chinese Mandarin), 文房四宝 (wénfáng-sìbǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 文房四宝 (bumbō-shihō) (Japanese), 문방사우 (munbangsau) (alt: 文房四友) (Korean)

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