《史记·范睢蔡泽列传》记载,范睢问须贾有多少罪,须贾回答:“擢贾之发,以续贾之罪,尚未足。” 后用“擢发难数”比喻罪行极多,难以数清。擢发:拔下头发。
擢发难数 [zhuó fǎ nán shǔ]
1. too numerous to count; innumerable like the hair on the head; Things cannot be numbered, as the hairs on the head.; (be) uncountable形容罪行多得像头发一样,连数也数不清。
邹韬奋《法西斯作风的罪恶》:“法西斯作风的罪恶是擢发难数的。”
许多群众聚集在法院门口,等着看这个擢发难数的罪犯将得到怎样的严惩。
Many people crowded the gate of the law court, waiting to see what kind of punishment the criminal who committed innumerable sins would get.
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