着笔

bù zhī yīng dāng rú hé zhuó bǐ

不知应当如何着笔

not know how to begin the writing or the painting

zěn yàng zhuó bǐ

怎样着笔？

How to begin the writing?

xué zhě men cóng zòng xiàng yǔ héng xiàng liǎng fāng miàn zhuó bǐ duì wǎn qīng cái zhèng zhuàng kuàng jìn xíng le hóng guān kǎo chá

学者们从纵向与横向两方面着笔，对晚清财政状况进行了宏观考察。

Scholars made a macroscopic study on the financial condition of the late Qing Dynasty from the horizontal and vertical angles.