form a literary circle
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ w é nhu ì y ǒ u, which means to make friends by writing. From Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius.
The origin of Idioms
Yan Yuan, the Analects of Confucius: "a gentleman will make friends by writing, and help benevolence by friends."
Idiom usage
It is formal; it is predicate, object and complement; it has commendatory meaning. Example: yuan keqiudan's jingchai Ji huishuo: "a gentleman gives lectures and makes friends by writing. Why not?"
form a literary circle
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