| 牛角挂书 |
niú jiǎo guà shū |
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies |
| 牛 |
Niú |
surname Niu |
| 牛 |
niú |
ox / cow / bull / CL:条,头 / newton (abbr. for 牛顿) / (slang) awesome |
| 牛角 |
niú jiǎo |
cow horn |
| 角 |
Jué |
surname Jue |
| 角 |
jiǎo |
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:个 |
| 角 |
jué |
role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale |
| 挂 |
guà |
to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
| 书 |
Shū |
abbr. for 书经 |
| 书 |
shū |
book / letter / document / CL:本,册,部 / to write |