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惜:爱惜。爱惜墨就象金子一样。指不轻易动笔。
[(of a writer,calligrapher,painter) abstemious of his use of ink] 指绘画、做文章等不轻易落笔,力求精炼 李营丘惜墨如金。—— 宋· 费枢《钓矶立谈》