汗牛充栋 — Chinese idiom
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
Traditional: 汗牛充棟
Meaning
- lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters ; fig. many books
Character by character
- 汗hànperspiration, sweat
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 充chōngto fill, to supply; to be full
- 栋dòngridge-beam; the main support of a house
Idioms sharing a character
- 捏一把汗 niē yī bǎ hàn
- 汗如雨下 hàn rú yǔ xià
- 汗流浃背 hàn liú jiā bèi
- 九牛一毛 jiǔ niú yī máo
- 呼牛作马 hū niú zuò mǎ
- 呼牛呼马 hū niú hū mǎ
- 土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ
- 多如牛毛 duō rú niú máo
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 小试牛刀 xiǎo shì niú dāo
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