to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
trad. 鑽故紙堆
Also written 鑽故紙堆【zuān gù zhǐ duī】
Characters in this word
4钻
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variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]
- Pinyin
- zuàn
- Traditional
- 鑚
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 7136 of 2500
故
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happening, instance, reason, cause, intentional, former, old, friend, therefore, hence, (of people) to die, dead
- Pinyin
- gù
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 17793 of 2500
纸
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variant of 紙|纸[zhi3]
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Traditional
- 帋
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4818 of 2500
堆
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to pile up, to heap up, a mass, pile, heap, stack, large amount
- Pinyin
- duī
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 8828 of 2500