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Open the tool →磬笔难书 (qìng bǐ nán shū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “So numerous or abundant that it is impossible to fully describe or write down, even if one were to exhaust all writing instruments”.
磬笔难书 is pronounced qìng bǐ nán shū in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 磬笔难书 means “Difficult to fully record even with all pens exhausted”. It is used to mean “So numerous or abundant that it is impossible to fully describe or write down, even if one were to exhaust all writing instruments”.
极言事实多,即使用完笔也难写全。磬,通“罄”。