牛角挂书 — Chinese idiom
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
Traditional: 牛角掛書
Meaning
- lit. to hang one's books on cow horns
- fig. to be diligent in one's studies
Character by character
- 牛niúox, cow, bull
- 角jiǎoangle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
- 挂guàto suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
- 书shūbook, letter, document; writing
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 带牛佩犊 dài niú pèi dú
- 气喘如牛 qì chuǎn rú niú
- 气冲牛斗 qì chōng niú dǒu
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