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cast aside the pen and join the army—forsake the pen for the sword; give up intellectual pursuits for a military career; lay aside one's brush and become a soldier

tóu bǐ cóng róng

投 笔 从 戎

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cast aside the pen and join the army—forsake the pen for the sword; give up intellectual pursuits for a military career; lay aside one's brush and become a soldier
- tā zài zhēng qǔ mín zú dú lì de jǐn yào guān tóu yì rán tóu bǐ cóng róng wèi měi guó dú lì ér dòu zhēng
  他在争取民族独立的紧要关头，毅然投笔从戎，为美国独立而斗争。
  At the urgent point of the struggle for the national independence, he gave up civilian pursuits to join the army.
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qì wén jiù wǔ弃文就武 qì bǐ cóng róng弃笔从戎

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