(proverb)writing is more effective than military power or violence(谚)言语胜于刀剑，笔尖胜过干戈
put (或 set) pen to paper
write or begin to write something动笔，开始写
英语四级真题
In any event, my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
Students mark the main ideas and important details with a pen or pencil, yellow or blue or orange.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
First, read a chapter with one pen in your hand and others next to you on the desk
出自-2014年6月听力原文
Again, the point is to listen hard while keeping the pen moving.
2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B
In any event, my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be.
2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
英语六级真题
In an interview with the Paris Review Hughes speculated that when a person puts pen to paper, "you meet the terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it, when you couldn't write at all".
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
钢笔
A pen is a long thin object which you use to write in ink.
VERB
写；书写
If someone pens a letter, article, or book, they write it.