案牍 (Chinese PinYin: [àn dú]; traditional Chinese: 案牘) may mean: (1) official documents; (2) official correspondence; (3) paperwork. It is a rarely used term and used mostly in formal Mandarin Chinese. Some phrases and expressions are: 案牍劳形 (overwork and exhaustion), 案牍工作 (paper work), 劳形的案牍 (the tiring paperwork), 案牍文书 (documents), 案牍之劳 (tiredness related to desk work).

Literally: 案 (desk) + 牍 (documents)

1. How to pronounce 案牍?

Chinese Pinyin: [àn dú]

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2. Synonyms And Antonyms of 案牍

Synonyms: 公务文书, 公函, 文案,

Antonyms: N/A

3. What are the fixed expression, collocation and idioms that contains 案牍

Fixed expression: 案牍劳形 (overwork and exhaustion),

Collocation: 案牍工作 (paper work), 劳形的案牍 (the tiring paperwork), 案牍文书 (documents),

Idioms: 案牍之劳 (tiredness related to desk work),

Terminologies: N/A

4. How to use 案牍 in a sentence?

Below are some example sentences and quotes containing 案牍.

4.1 让我们有时走出劳形的案牍,出去赏赏春花秋月吧。

Translation: Let’s forget the tiring paperwork, go out and enjoy the spring flowers and autumn moon.

4.2 给他们一个试用期来看看他们是倾向于把精力集中于行动和决断，还是倾向于流程和案牍工作。

Translation: Give them a trial and see if they tend to focus on actions and decision, or processes and paperwork.

4.3 整天埋头在纸山案牍中，难免会有些沮丧

Translation: It is hard to avoid frustration when sitting among a mountain of papers.

4.4 移民代理将处理所有棘手的案牍文书。

Translation: The immigration agent deals with all the tricky paperwork.

4.5 如果你有很多案牍工作要做，能不能改用电子表格的形式，或者是在线填写？

Translation: If you do a lot of paperwork, can you require forms to be filled out digitally, perhaps online?

4.6 皮特陷进了这些案牍工作中。

Translation: Peter is getting bogged down in all this paperwork.

4.7 他忙于阅读各种案牍文书.

Translation: He is busy reading all king of official documents.

4.8 无丝竹之乱耳,无案牍之劳形

Translation: Without disturbing music, or tiring paper work.

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