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罄竹难书
罄竹難書
qìngzhúnánshū
1. so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
2. innumerable crimes (idiom)
3. see also [[罄筆難書|罄笔难书<qìngbǐnánshū>]]

Character Breakdown

罄
qìng
empty; to exhaust, to run out, to use up
17 丶
竹
zhú
bamboo; flute
HSK 5 6 丶
难
nán
hard, difficult, arduous; unable
HSK 3 10 丶
书
shū
book, letter, document; writing
HSK 1 4 丶

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