手不释卷

zhào kuāng yìn suī shì yī yuán wǔ jiàng què hěn xǐ ài dú shū cháng shǒu bù shì juàn

赵匡胤虽是一员武将，却很喜爱读书，常手不释卷。

Although Zhao Kuangyin was a military general, he was so fond of reading that he didn't want to put the books down.

tā zhěng rì shǒu bù shì juàn yè bù néng mèi měi tiān xiǎng de quán shì zhè xiē làng màn de chuán qí gù shi

他整日手不释卷，夜不能寐，每天想的全是这些浪漫的传奇故事。

He read so much and slept so little that eventually all he could think of were these fictional tales of romance.