悬梁刺股 — Chinese idiom
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
Traditional: 懸樑刺股
Meaning
- to study assiduously and tirelessly
- see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3]
Character by character
- 悬xuánto hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung
- 梁liángbridge; beam, rafter; surname
- 刺cìto stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod
- 股gǔshare, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi
- 倒悬之急 dào xuán zhī jí
- 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
- 口若悬河 kǒu ruò xuán hé
- 天地悬隔 tiān dì xuán gé
- 悬崖勒马 xuán yá lè mǎ
- 悬崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì
- 悬而未决 xuán ér wèi jué
- 明镜高悬 míng jìng gāo xuán
- 众寡悬殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū
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