投笔从戎 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 投筆從戎 tóubǐcóngróng ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄧˇ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) to join the military (esp. of educated person) Character by character 投(tóu)throw 笔(bǐ)writing brush 从(cóng)from 戎(róng)surname Rong A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0