to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom); see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3]
trad. 懸樑刺股
Also written 懸樑刺股【xuán liáng cì gǔ】
Characters in this word
4悬
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to hang or suspend, to worry, public announcement, unresolved, baseless, without foundation
- Pinyin
- xuán
- Traditional
- 懸
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 24857 of 2500
梁
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Liang Dynasty (502–557), Later Liang Dynasty (907–923), surname Liang
- Pinyin
- Liáng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 21662 of 2500
刺
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(onom.) whoosh
- Pinyin
- cī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4025 of 2500
股
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thigh, part of a whole; portion of a sum, (finance) stock; share, strand of a thread, low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1], classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc, classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff, classifier for bands of people, gangs etc, classifier for sudden forceful actions
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 12652 of 2500