1 (onom.) whoosh

1 to provoke

2 to irritate

3 to upset

4 to stimulate

5 to excite

6 irritant

1 venomous sting

1 to stab

1 assassin

1 bone chilling wind (idiom)

1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)

2 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng

3 zhuī cì gǔ]

1 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)

2 uneasy and nervous

3 to be on pins and needles

1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)

2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly