悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

悬梁刺股
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xuán liáng cì gǔ
  1. to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
  2. see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刺
cī
  1. 1 (onom.) whoosh
刺激
cì jī
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to irritate
  3. 3 to upset
  4. 4 to stimulate
  5. 5 to excite
  6. 6 irritant
屁股
pì gu
  1. 1 buttocks
  2. 2 bottom
  3. 3 butt
  4. 4 back part
毒刺
dú cì
  1. 1 venomous sting
股
gǔ
  1. 1 thigh
  2. 2 part of a whole
  3. 3 portion of a sum
  4. 4 (stock) share
  5. 5 strand of a thread
  6. 6 low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[kē]
  7. 7 classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
  8. 8 classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
  9. 9 classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
  10. 10 classifier for sudden forceful actions
个股
gè gǔ
  1. 1 share (in a listed company)
刺伤
cì shāng
  1. 1 to stab
刺客
cì kè
  1. 1 assassin
刺激性
cì jī xìng
  1. 1 thrilling
  2. 2 exciting
  3. 3 stimulating
  4. 4 irritating
  5. 5 provocative
  6. 6 pungent
  7. 7 spicy
刺痛
cì tòng
  1. 1 stab of pain
  2. 2 sting
  3. 3 fig. stimulus to action
  4. 4 a prick
刺眼
cì yǎn
  1. 1 to dazzle
  2. 2 to offend the eyes
  3. 3 dazzling
  4. 4 harsh (light)
  5. 5 crude (colors)
  6. 6 unsightly
刺绣
cì xiù
  1. 1 to embroider
  2. 2 embroidery
刺耳
cì ěr
  1. 1 ear-piercing
刺猬
cì wei
  1. 1 hedgehog
刺身
cì shēn
  1. 1 sashimi
刺青
cì qīng
  1. 1 tattoo
刺骨
cì gǔ
  1. 1 piercing
  2. 2 cutting
  3. 3 bone-chilling
  4. 4 penetrating (cold)
持股
chí gǔ
  1. 1 to hold shares
控股
kòng gǔ
  1. 1 to own a controlling number of shares in a company
炒股
chǎo gǔ
  1. 1 (coll.) to speculate in stocks

Idioms (8)

割股疗亲
gē gǔ liǎo qīn
  1. 1 to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)
  2. 2 filial thigh-cutting
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
  1. 1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
  1. 1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]
热脸贴冷屁股
rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu
  1. 1 to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
  2. 2 to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
股栗
gǔ lì
  1. 1 to shake like an aspen
  2. 2 to shiver with fear (idiom)
股栗肤粟
gǔ lì fū sù
  1. 1 with shuddering thighs and skin like gooseflesh (idiom)
芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi
  1. 1 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
  2. 2 uneasy and nervous
  3. 3 to be on pins and needles
头悬梁，锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly

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