汗牛充栋 (汗牛充棟)
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Pinyin
Definition
汗牛充栋 (汗牛充棟)
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- lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
九牛一毛
- 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
- 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
充耳不闻
- 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
充饥止渴
- 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
- 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. the young are fearless