头悬梁，锥刺股
Traditional form:
頭懸梁，錐刺股
Pinyin (reading):
tóuxuánliáng,zhuīcìgǔ
Definitions:
- lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
- fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
Characters:
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 悬 - to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung
- 梁 - bridge; beam, rafter; surname
- 锥 - gimlet, drill, awl; to drill, to bore
- 刺 - to stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod
- 股 - share, portion; thighs, haunches, rump
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