钻故纸堆 — Chinese idiom
钻故纸堆
zuān gù zhǐ duī
Traditional: 鑽故紙堆
Meaning
- to dig into piles of outdated writings ; to study old books and papers
Character by character
- 钻zuāndiamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
- 故gùreason, cause; happening, instance
- 纸zhǐpaper
- 堆duīcrowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word
Idioms sharing a character
- 敲钉钻脚 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
- 无孔不钻 wú kǒng bù zuān
- 见缝就钻 jiàn fèng jiù zuān
- 钻坚仰高 zuān jiān yǎng gāo
- 钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān
- 一改故辙 yī gǎi gù zhé
- 依然如故 yī rán rú gù
- 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ
- 平白无故 píng bái wú gù
- 攀亲道故 pān qīn dào gù
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