| 汗牛充栋 |
hàn niú chōng dòng |
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books |
| 汗 |
hán |
see 可汗, 汗国 |
| 汗 |
hàn |
perspiration / sweat / CL:滴,头,身 / to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection) |
| 牛 |
Niú |
surname Niu |
| 牛 |
niú |
ox / cow / bull / CL:条,头 / newton (abbr. for 牛顿) / (slang) awesome |
| 充 |
chōng |
sufficient; full / to fill / to serve as; to act as / to act falsely as; to pose as |
| 栋 |
dòng |
classifier for houses or buildings / ridgepole (old) |