汉英词典
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MEANING OF 罄竹难书
罄竹难书 (罄竹難書)
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1]
极言事实之多﹐难以尽载。常指罪恶。《旧唐书.李密传》载密作书移郡县,数隋炀帝十罪,且曰"罄南山之竹,书罪未穷;决东海之波,流恶难尽。"
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这个歹徒罪行累累,罄竹难书

The scoundrel's crimes were too numerous to record.

汽车对城市犯下的罪真是罄竹难书啊!

The urban SINS of the automobile are numerous indeed.

但它在近半个世纪里,在这方面针对所有权人的累累罪恶罄竹难书

However, for over half a century, the regime has conducted enormous and indescribable crimes against property owners.

但是如果大家觉得她应该为了一个恶毒的谎言而难逃惩罚时,耐风先生的行为可算是罄竹难书了。

But if she is regarded as incapacitated enough to escape punishment for a vicious and harmful lie, then the behavior of Nifong in going forward on her slim testimony is all the worse.