充棟汗牛
chōng​dòng​hàn​niú

huge collection of books

  • created sense approved 充栋汗牛/充棟汗牛 · chōng​dòng​hàn​niú · huge collection of books — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    充栋汗牛 / 充棟汗牛

    chōng​dòng​hàn​niú

    huge collection of books

    (variant form) an immense number of books; literally describing books that fill a house to the rafters and make the oxen carrying them sweat

    充 (literal) → 充 · chōng · to fill 栋 (literal) → 栋/棟 · dòng · house 汗 (literal) → 汗 · hàn · sweat 牛 (literal) → 牛 · niú · ox

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense