ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
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
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.