罄竹难书
Traditional form:
罄竹難書
Pinyin (reading):
qìngzhúnánshū
Definitions:
- so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
- innumerable crimes (idiom)
- see also 罄筆難書／罄笔难书 (qìngbǐnánshū)
Characters:
- 罄 - empty; to exhaust, to run out, to use up
- 竹 - bamboo; flute
- 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 书 - book, letter, document; writing
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