{"path":"/entry/42910","title":"悬梁刺股 / 懸樑刺股 (xuán liáng cì gǔ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"悬梁刺股 / 懸樑刺股 (xuán liáng cì gǔ): to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":42910,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["悬梁刺股"],"TRADITIONAL":["懸樑刺股"]}},"phonetic":"xuán liáng cì gǔ","phoneticKey":"xuan2 liang2 ci4 gu3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to study assiduously and tirelessly ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"see also ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null},{"kind":"REF","text":null,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["头悬梁，锥刺股"],"TRADITIONAL":["頭懸梁，錐刺股"]}},"phonetic":"tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ","phoneticKey":"tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3","readingId":116692}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"懸樑 /悬梁 (xuán liáng) refers to what Sun Jing (孙敬) of Eastern Han did:","traditional":"懸樑 /悬梁 (xuán liáng) refers to what Sun Jing (孫敬) of Eastern Han did:"}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"刺股 (cì gǔ) refers to what Su Qin did","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"孙敬，字文宝，好学，晨夕不休。及至眠睡疲寝，以绳系头悬屋梁。","traditional":"孫敬，字文寶，好學，晨夕不休。及至眠睡疲寢，以繩系頭懸屋樑。"},"phonetic":"Sūn Jìng, zì Wénbǎo, hàoxué, chén xī bùxiū. Jízhì mián shuì pí qǐn, yǐ shéng xì tóu xuán wūliáng.","english":"Sun Jing, courtesy name Wenbao, was studious. He would study from morning to night. When he felt sleepy, he would tie his hair with a string and hang it on the rafters (so that once he fell asleep, he would immediately be roused).","ref":"The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE"},{"text":{"simplified":"读书欲睡，引锥自刺其股，血流至足。","traditional":"讀書欲睡，引錐自刺其股，血流至足。"},"phonetic":"Dúshū yù shuì, yǐn zhuī zì cì qí gǔ, xuè liú zhì zú.","english":"When he (Su Qin) felt sleepy while studying, he would use an awl to prick his thighs (in order to stay awake) until blood flew over his feet.","ref":"Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}