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钻故纸堆

zuān gù zhǐ duī

4-character word Traditional 鑽故紙堆

What 钻故纸堆 means

1. to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers

The characters in 钻故纸堆

• 钻zuānto drill; to bore; to get into
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 堆duīto pile up; to heap up; a mass

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