擢髮難數

Chinese

	pull out; select	hair	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (擢髮難數)	擢	髮	難	數
simp. (擢发难数)	擢	发	难	数
Literally: “so many that one cannot finish counting even with all strands of hair pulled out”.

（須賈）曰：「擢賈之髮以續賈之罪，尚未足。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

（须贾）曰：「擢贾之发以续贾之罪，尚未足。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

(Xū Jiǎ) yuē: “Zhuó gǔ zhī fà yǐ xù gǔ zhī zuì, shàng wèi zú.” [Pinyin]

Xu Jia said: “I have committed so many sins that it even if you pull away all my hair for counting them would not be enough.”

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuófànánshǔ, zhuófǎnánshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zok⁶ faat³ naan⁴ sou²

擢髮難數