desist from military activities and encourage culture and education
Yanwu Xiuwen, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ NW ǔ D í w é n, which means to stop military affairs and revitalize culture and education. It comes from Li Zhenyu's Ci que Li Ya in Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Li Zhenyu's Ci que Li Ya in Qing Dynasty: "Yan Wu Wen is popular in four countries."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: Yan Wu Xiu Wen
Idiom usage
To stop fighting means to stop fighting
desist from military activities and encourage culture and education
be frightened out of one 's wits - pò sàn hún piāo
spread rumours to injure others ' reputation - zào yáo zhòng shāng
keep going by painstaking effort - cǎn dàn jīng yíng
Weak at the root and strong at the end - ruò běn qiáng mò