他浪费了不少笔墨。
Tā làngfèi le bù shǎo bǐmò.
English
He wasted a lot of ink and paper.
pen and ink; writing
pen and ink; words; writing
Every character draws itself stroke by stroke, then hands you the brush to trace it yourself.
Nice writing!
他浪费了不少笔墨。
Tā làngfèi le bù shǎo bǐmò.
He wasted a lot of ink and paper.
桌子上摆着笔墨。
Zhuōzi shàng bǎi zhe bǐmò.
Pen and ink are on the desk.
Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.