罄竹难书

Traditional: 罄竹難書

qìng zhú nán shū

Dictionary entry

(lit.) too numerous to record on bamboo slips (idiom)

What does 罄竹难书 mean?

罄竹难书 (qìng zhú nán shū) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) too numerous to record on bamboo slips (idiom)

2(fig.) (of crimes or misdeeds) innumerable; beyond counting

Character breakdown

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罄qìngto use up · to exhaust 竹zhú(bound form) bamboo · Kangxi radical 118 难nándifficult (to...) · problem 书Shūabbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]

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罄竹难书

qìng zhú nán shū

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