záo​bì​tōu​guāng

to study diligently

凿壁偷光 鑿壁偷光 záo​bì​tōu​guāng
to study diligently
(idiom) to study very hard despite having no resources; based on a story of a poor student who bored a hole in the wall to use the neighbor's light

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