汗牛充棟

Chinese

		perspiration; sweat	ox; cow; bull	fill; satisfy; fulfill fill; satisfy; fulfill; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full	roof beam
trad. (汗牛充棟)		汗	牛	充	棟
simp. (汗牛充栋)		汗	牛	充	栋
Literally: “(enough books) to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hànniúchōngdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁶ ngau⁴ cung¹ dung³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hànniúchōngdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannniouchongdonq
  - IPA ^(key): /xa̠n⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon⁶ ngau⁴ cung¹ dung³
  - Yale: hohn ngàuh chūng dung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁶ ngau⁴ tsung¹ dung³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon⁶ ngeo⁴ cung¹ dung³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³³/

Idiom

汗牛充棟

(figuratively, of books) to be numerous

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