牛角挂书
niú​jiǎo​guà​shū

to be diligent in one's studies

  • created sense approved 牛角挂书/牛角掛書 · niú​jiǎo​guà​shū · to be diligent in one's studies — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    牛角挂书 / 牛角掛書

    niú​jiǎo​guà​shū

    to be diligent in one's studies

    literally to hang one's books on cow horns; refers to the story of Li Mi from the Tang Dynasty who was so diligent he hung books on his ox's horns to read while traveling

    牛角 (literal) → 牛角 · niú​jiǎo · ox horn 挂 (literal) → 挂/掛 · guà · to hang 书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · book

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

    created sense