夢溪筆談 mèng xī bǐ tán

Dream Pool Essays, book by Shen Kuo

Word data

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Definitions

  1. 1. Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括shěn kuò, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass

Characters

Character Meaning
夢 mèng
dream; (bound form) to dream
溪 xī HSK 6
creek; rivulet; variant of 溪xī
筆 bǐ
pen; pencil; the strokes of Chinese characters
談 tán
to discuss; to speak; to talk