| 头悬梁，锥刺股 |
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ |
lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom) / fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 悬 |
xuán |
to hang or suspend / to worry / public announcement / unresolved / baseless / without foundation |
| 梁 |
Liáng |
Liang Dynasty (502-557) / Later Liang Dynasty (907-923) / surname Liang |
| 梁 |
liáng |
roof beam / beam (structure) / bridge |
| 梁 |
liáng |
variant of 梁 |
| 锥 |
zhuī |
cone / awl / to bore |
| 刺 |
cī |
(onom.) whoosh |
| 刺 |
cì |
thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder |
| 股 |
gǔ |
thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科 / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions |