懸樑刺股

See also: 悬梁刺股

Chinese

		to hang oneself from a beam
trad. (懸樑刺股/懸梁刺股)		懸樑/懸梁	刺股
simp. (悬梁刺股)		悬梁	刺股
Literally: “to tie (one's hair) to the rafters (so that if one falls asleep, one will be awakened), and to prick one's thighs (in order to stay awake)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánliángcìgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄘˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ loeng⁴ ci³ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánliángcìgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄘˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánliángcìhgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-liang²-tzʻŭ⁴-ku³
    • Yale: sywán-lyáng-tsz̀-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanliangtsyhguu
    • Palladius: сюаньлянцыгу (sjuanʹljancygu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ loeng⁴ ci³ gu²
    • Yale: yùhn lèuhng chi gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ loeng⁴ tsi³ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ lêng⁴ qi³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ lœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː³³ kuː³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 懸樑刺股

1. to study diligently