悬梁刺股 (懸樑刺股)
xuán liáng cì gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

悬梁刺股 (懸樑刺股)
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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]

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 (onom.) whoosh
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
pì gu
  1. 1 buttocks
  2. 2 bottom
  3. 3 butt
  4. 4 back part
dú cì
  1. 1 venomous sting
  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

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 頭懸梁,錐刺股|头悬梁,锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng
  3. 3 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)