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Meaning of 投笔从戎

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投 tóu 笔 bǐ 从 cóng 戎 róng (Trad.: 投筆從戎)
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom); to join the military (esp. of educated person)
Example Sentences
1
后来投笔从戎
,
成为新四军中的一位著名艺术家
。
Later, he gave up his study and became a famous artist in the new 4th army corps.
2
他投笔从戎之际大约以为战争是基督教青年会所组织的九龙远足旅行
。
When he relinquished his pen for the sword, he must have thought fighting would be a bit of a YMCA outing to Kowloon.
3
我是新中国的第一批大学生
,
但当政府征召我们服役时
,
我便投笔从戎
。
I had been one of the first university students in Communist China. I studied English, but when the government called me up for service, I threw away my pen and donned a uniform.
4
抗战时期
,
广大师生历尽艰难
,
内迁重庆
,
坚持办学
,
不少学生投笔从戎
,
浴血沙场
。
Anti-Japanese War, the majority of students going through difficult, leading to this internal migration in Chongqing, adhere to school, many students bloody battlefield.
5
自
1914年
投笔从戎之日起
,
张将军便将自己的生命和热血奉献给中华民族的解放事业
。
Since 1914 investment sum from Rong Zhi day, general Zhang took his life and blood dedicated to the liberation cause of the chinese.