汗牛充栋
hàn​niú​chōng​dòng

immense collection of books

  • created reference approved 汗牛充栋/汗牛充棟 → 充栋汗牛/充棟汗牛 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    汗牛充栋 / 汗牛充棟 hàn​niú​chōng​dòng

    充栋汗牛 / 充棟汗牛 chōng​dòng​hàn​niú

    variant

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

    created reference

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

    汗牛充栋 / 汗牛充棟

    hàn​niú​chōng​dòng

    immense collection of books

    Literally meaning enough books to make the pack-ox sweat and to fill a building to the rafters; used to describe an immense number of books or a massive library.

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

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

    created sense