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Change log entry 64861
Processed by: richwarm (2017-12-13 11:13:53 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 61457 - submitted by 'sl89' >>
【Wenlin】n. quill pen M:⁴zhī 支
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B5%9D%E6%AF%9B%E7%AD%86
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quill

In English often just called a quill, but the word has more than one meaning. A quill isn't necessarily made of a goose feather, but it seems 鹅毛笔 is the common Chinese translation.

Written information was no longer the domain of monks with quill pens and hand-written books were no longer confined to zealots in churches.
书面信息不再是使用鹅毛笔和手抄书的僧侣们的统治领地,也不再仅限于教会的狂热信徒。

Suddenly she dropped the quill as a wild happiness flooded her.
她突然感到一阵无限的快乐,当即丢开了手里的鹅毛笔.

In the window sat an old quill-pen, with which the maid generally wrote.
坐在窗前的老鹅毛笔,用笔,用一般的女仆说。

(About the 麵 traditional character cock-up: I never really learned traditional characters properly so if I can't find the entry in any dictionary I may end up trusting an automatic tool over common sense. You may have to be extra careful with my submissions if I don't quote a dictionary.)
Diff:
+ 鵝毛筆 鹅毛笔 [e2 mao2 bi3] /quill pen/
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