罄竹难书 qìng zhú nán shū

innumerable crimes (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 51024th word

Definitions

  1. 1. innumerable crimes (idiom)
  2. 2. so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  3. 3. see also 罄笔难书qìng bǐ nán shū

Characters

Character Meaning
罄 qìng
to use up; to exhaust; empty
竹 zhú HSK 5
bamboo; Kangxi radical 118
难 nán HSK 3
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
书 shū HSK 1
book; to write; letter