文房四宝 in English wen2 fang2 si4 bao3 Meaning

Meanings

• Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]
• the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

wen2 fang2 si4 bao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

文wen2surname Wen 房fang2surname Fang 四si4four 宝bao3variant of 寶|宝[bao3]