汗牛充栋

hàn niú chōng dòng

Definitionen

1. lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books

Bestandteilwörter von 汗牛充栋

• 充 chōng: sufficient; full
• 栋 dòng: classifier for houses or buildings
• 汗 hán: see 可汗[kè hán], 汗國|汗国[hán guó]
• 汗 hàn: perspiration
• 牛 niú: ox