罄竹难书 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) too numerous to record on bamboo slips
• (fig.) (of crimes or misdeeds) innumerable; beyond counting

Character by character

• 罄qìngempty; to exhaust, to run out, to use up
• 竹zhúbamboo; flute
• 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 书shūbook, letter, document; writing

Idioms sharing a character

• 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
• 破竹之势 pò zhú zhī shì
• 破竹建瓴 pò zhú jiàn líng
• 竹篮打水 zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
• 竹马之交 zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
• 丝竹管弦 sī zhú guǎn xián
• 胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
• 金石丝竹 jīn shí sī zhú
• 青梅竹马 qīng méi zhú mǎ
• 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī

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