Word information
Simplified汗牛充栋
Traditional汗牛充棟
Pinyinhàn niú chōng dòng
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Chinese word dictionary
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng · lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
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充电chōngdiànto recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure); to update one's skills and knowledge
充分chōngfènample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full