yàn
chí

common
noun

Meaning of 砚池

砚池 means inkstone; ink slab; the depression on an inkstone for holding water and grinding ink. Pronounced yàn chí.

  • inkstone; ink slab; the depression on an inkstone for holding water and grinding ink

Definitions & Examples

zài
yàn
chí
le
shuǐ
 
kāi
shǐ
yán
 

He dropped a few drops of water into the inkstone depression and began grinding the ink.

Zhè
fāng
duān
yàn
de
yàn
chí
hěn
shēn
 
néng
hěn
duō
shuǐ
 

The inkstone depression on this Duan inkstone is very deep and can hold a lot of water.

zhǐ
yàn
shì
zhōng
guó
chuán
tǒng
de
wén
fáng
bǎo
 
zhōng
yàn
chí
shì
yán
de
zhòng
yào
gōng
 

Brush, ink, paper, and inkstone are the traditional Four Treasures of the Chinese study, among which the inkstone depression is an important tool for grinding ink.

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/ fāng
Primary
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/ zuò