xuán​liáng​cì​gǔ

to study assiduously

  • created reference approved 悬梁刺股/懸梁刺股 → 悬头刺股/懸頭刺股 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    悬梁刺股 / 懸梁刺股 xuán​liáng​cì​gǔ

    悬头刺股 / 懸頭刺股 xuán​tóu​cì​gǔ

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 悬梁刺股/懸梁刺股 → 头悬梁,锥刺股/頭懸梁,錐刺股 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    悬梁刺股 / 懸梁刺股 xuán​liáng​cì​gǔ

    头悬梁,锥刺股 / 頭懸梁,錐刺股 tóu​xuán​liáng​zhuī​cì​gǔ

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  • created sense approved 悬梁刺股/懸梁刺股 · xuán​liáng​cì​gǔ · to study assiduously — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    悬梁刺股 / 懸梁刺股

    xuán​liáng​cì​gǔ

    to study assiduously

    To study with great effort and determination; literally to tie one's hair to a beam and prick one's thigh with a needle to stay awake.

    懸樑刺股

    悬 (literal) → 悬/懸 · xuán · to hang 梁 (literal) → 梁 · liáng · beam 刺 (literal) → 刺 · cì · to prick 股 (literal) → 股 · gǔ · thigh

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

    created sense