国际笔会

國際筆會

GuójìBǐhuì

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Meanings

1 International PEN
2 PEN International (worldwide writers' association)

Characters

between / inter-

Examples

国际笔会每年举办世界大会。

Guójì Bǐhuì měi nián jǔbàn shìjiè dàhuì.

International PEN holds a world congress every year.

这位作家是国际笔会的成员。

Zhè wèi zuòjiā shì Guójì Bǐhuì de chéngyuán.

This writer is a member of International PEN.

Tips

history

Founded in London in 1921; the original PEN stood for 'Poets, Essayists, Novelists.' The Chinese name picks up the pun: 笔会 ('pen association / brush gathering') doubles as 'writers' meeting' and a calque of the English acronym.

Stroke Order

国 guó

际 jì

笔 bǐ

会 huì