be never seen without a book in hand

be never seen without a book in hand

It's a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is sh ǒ UB ù sh ì Ju à n, which means that books can't be separated from hands. It describes being diligent and eager to learn. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu, biography of Lu Meng.

The origin of Idioms

The annotation of the biography of Lu Meng in Wu Shu of the Three Kingdoms quoted the biography of Jiang Biao as follows: "we can't let go of the affairs of Wudang soldiers and horses."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and adverbial, with commendatory meaning, which means being diligent and studious. Min Xiangnan is a good book reader. He is more than 70 years old. He leaves out 20 or 30 chips every night. Wang Ku's "modern world theory · moral conduct" in Qing Dynasty