约翰参书 | Yuē hàn cān shū | Third epistle of St John; also written 约翰三书 |
约翰壹书 | Yuē hàn yī shū | First epistle of St John; also written 约翰一书 |
约翰贰书 | Yuē hàn èr shū | Second epistle of St John; also written 约翰二书 |
绿皮书 | lǜ pí shū | green paper |
续书 | xù shū | sequel; continuation of a book |
罄竹难书 | qìng zhú nán shū | so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted; innumerable crimes (idiom); see also 罄笔难书 |
罄笔难书 | qìng bǐ nán shū | too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom); see also 罄竹难书 |
罗马书 | Luó mǎ shū | Epistle of St Paul to the Romans |
耶利米书 | Yē lì mǐ shū | Book of Jeremiah |
圣贤书 | shèng xián shū | holy book |
联合国秘书处 | Lián hé guó Mì shū chù | United Nations Secretariat |
声明书 | shēng míng shū | statement |
听书 | tīng shū | to listen to stories; to listen to performance of 说书 storytelling |
腓利门书 | Féi lì mén shū | Epistle of St Paul to Philemon |
腓立比书 | Féi lì bǐ shū | Epistle of St Paul to the Philipians |
自白书 | zì bái shū | confession |
旧唐书 | Jiù Táng shū | History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls |
旧约全书 | Jiù yuē quán shū | Old Testament |
草书 | cǎo shū | grass script (a style of Chinese calligraphy); cursive |
著书 | zhù shū | to write a book |
著书立说 | zhù shū lì shuō | to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom) |
蓝皮书 | lán pí shū | an official report (e.g. governmental) |
藏书票 | cáng shū piào | bookplate |
行千里路, 读万卷书 | xíng qiān lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū | see 行万里路,读万卷书 |
行书 | xíng shū | semi-cursive script |
行万里路胜读万卷 书 | xíng wàn lǐ lù shèng dú wàn juǎn shū | to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books |
行万里路, 读万卷书 | xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juǎn shū | knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world (idiom) |
西单图书大厦 | Xī dān tú shū dà shà | Xidan book center |
西番雅书 | Xī fān yǎ shū | Book of Zephaniah |
订书机 | dìng shū jī | stapler; stapling machine; bookbinding machine; CL:台 |
订书钉 | dìng shū dīng | to staple (paper etc) |
评书 | píng shū | folk theatrical form, a monologue discussion historical events etc |
语法书 | yǔ fǎ shū | grammar book |
读书会 | dú shū huì | study group |
读万卷书, 行万里路 | dú wàn juǎn shū , xíng wàn lǐ lù | see 行万里路,读万卷书 |
财务秘书 | cái wù mì shū | treasurer |
辞书 | cí shū | word book; dictionary; encyclopedia |
辞书学 | cí shū xué | lexicography; making dictionaries |
连书 | lián shū | to join syllables in writing; joined-up handwriting |
还书 | huán shū | return books |
那鸿书 | nà hóng shū | Book of Nahum |
郢书燕说 | Yǐng shū Yān shuō | words distorted in reading (idiom); cf letter from Chu 楚 capital Ying 郢 contains inadvertent words "hold up the candle" that minister of Yan 燕 puzzles out to mean "brilliant prospects" |
钉书针 | dìng shū zhēn | staple |
录取通知书 | lù qǔ tōng zhī shū | admission notice (delivered by a university) |
钱钟书 | Qián Zhōng shū | Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), literary academic and novelist, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 围城 |
闲书 | xián shū | light reading |
阿摩司书 | Ā mó sī shū | Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament |
陈书 | Chén shū | History of Chen of the Southern dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls |
陈述书 | chén shù shū | representation letter (law); a brief; written statement; declaration |
隶书 | lì shū | Clerical script (Chinese writing style) |