lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
trad. 汗牛充棟
Also written 汗牛充棟【hàn niú chōng dòng】
Characters in this word
4汗
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see 可汗[ke4 han2], 汗國|汗国[han2 guo2]
- Pinyin
- hán
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 8279 of 2500
牛
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surname Niu
- Pinyin
- Niú
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2680 of 2500
充
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sufficient; full, to fill, to serve as; to act as, to act falsely as; to pose as
- Pinyin
- chōng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 30299 of 2500
栋
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classifier for houses or buildings, ridgepole (old)
- Pinyin
- dòng
- Traditional
- 棟
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 12351 of 2500