guān
si

idiom

Meaning of 笔墨官司

笔墨官司 means paper war; polemics carried out in writing. Pronounced bǐ mò guān si.

  • paper war; polemics carried out in writing

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
liǎng
wèi
xué
zhě
yīn
wèi
xué
shù
guān
diǎn
tóng
 
le
chǎng
kuàng
chí
jiǔ
de
guān
si
 

These two scholars engaged in a protracted paper war due to their differing academic views.

chǎng
guān
si
zài
dāng
shí
de
bào
kān
shang
yǐn
le
guǎng广
fàn
guān
zhù
 

That written polemic attracted widespread attention in the newspapers of the time.

men
jué
dìng
yòng
guān
si
lái
chéng
qīng
shì
shí
 
ér
shì
zhū
shǒu
duàn
 

They decided to use a paper war to clarify the facts, rather than resorting to other means.

Measure Words

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