fén yàn
Traditional: 焚硯
焚砚 (fén yàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)”.
Meanings
- 1to destroy one's ink-slab (i.e. to write no more because others write so much better)
Characters in 焚砚
Related words
焚to burn焚烧to burn自焚to set oneself on fire; to self-immolate焚毁to burn down焚毁to burn down焚化to cremate心急如焚see 心急火燎[xin1 ji2 huo3 liao3]砚台ink stone焚香to burn incense焚风foehn wind (loanword)兰艾同焚lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common救焚益薪add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse