"汗牛充棟" meaning in 漢語

See 汗牛充棟 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /xän⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hɔːn²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³³/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 汗牛充栋 [Simplified-Chinese], 充棟汗牛 [Traditional-Chinese, alternative], 充栋汗牛 [Simplified-Chinese, alternative]
Etymology: 出自唐柳宗元《文通先生陸給事墓表》:
  1. 書籍數量眾多。 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-汗牛充棟-zh-phrase-JkEyEYZx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「充」的漢語詞",
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      "name": "帶「棟」的漢語詞",
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      "name": "帶「汗」的漢語詞",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「牛」的漢語詞",
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
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    },
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      "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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      "ref": "唐柳宗元《文通先生陸給事墓表》",
      "roman": "qí wéi shū, chǔ zé chōng dòngyǔ, chū zé hàn niúmǎ",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "其爲書,處則充棟宇,出則汗牛馬"
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      "ref": "唐柳宗元《文通先生陸給事墓表》",
      "roman": "qí wéi shū, chǔ zé chōng dòngyǔ, chū zé hàn niúmǎ",
      "tags": [
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "其为书,处则充栋宇,出则汗牛马"
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  "etymology_text": "出自唐柳宗元《文通先生陸給事墓表》:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "汗牛充栋",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "充棟汗牛",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "充栋汗牛",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "搬運時會使牛出汗,收藏時能堆滿屋子",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "書籍數量眾多。"
      ],
      "id": "zh-汗牛充棟-zh-phrase-JkEyEYZx",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hànniúchōngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngau⁴ cung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hànniúchōngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hànnióuchongdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "han⁴-niu²-chʻung¹-tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hàn-nyóu-chūng-dùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hannniouchongdonq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xanʹnjučundun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ханьнючундун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xän⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngau⁴ cung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hohn ngàuh chūng dung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngau⁴ tsung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngeo⁴ cung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "汗牛充棟"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「充」的漢語詞",
    "帶「棟」的漢語詞",
    "帶「汗」的漢語詞",
    "帶「牛」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有引文的文言文詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
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      "ref": "唐柳宗元《文通先生陸給事墓表》",
      "roman": "qí wéi shū, chǔ zé chōng dòngyǔ, chū zé hàn niúmǎ",
      "tags": [
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        "Classical-Chinese",
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      "text": "其爲書,處則充棟宇,出則汗牛馬"
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      "ref": "唐柳宗元《文通先生陸給事墓表》",
      "roman": "qí wéi shū, chǔ zé chōng dòngyǔ, chū zé hàn niúmǎ",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin",
        "Classical-Chinese",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "text": "其为书,处则充栋宇,出则汗牛马"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "出自唐柳宗元《文通先生陸給事墓表》:",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "汗牛充栋",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "充棟汗牛",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "充栋汗牛",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "搬運時會使牛出汗,收藏時能堆滿屋子",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "書籍數量眾多。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hànniúchōngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngau⁴ cung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hànniúchōngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hànnióuchongdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "han⁴-niu²-chʻung¹-tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hàn-nyóu-chūng-dùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hannniouchongdonq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xanʹnjučundun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ханьнючундун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xän⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngau⁴ cung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hohn ngàuh chūng dung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngau⁴ tsung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hon⁶ ngeo⁴ cung¹ dung³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːn²² ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "汗牛充棟"
}

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