汗牛充棟
Chinese edit
perspiration; sweat | ox; cow; bull | fill; satisfy; fulfil fill; satisfy; fulfil; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full |
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trad. (汗牛充棟) | 汗 | 牛 | 充 | 棟 | |
simp. (汗牛充栋) | 汗 | 牛 | 充 | 栋 | |
Literally: “(enough books) to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
汗牛充棟
- (figurative, of books) to be numerous