záo​bì​tōu​guāng

to study diligently

  • created reference approved 凿壁偷光/鑿壁偷光 → 穿壁引光 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    凿壁偷光 / 鑿壁偷光 záo​bì​tōu​guāng

    穿壁引光 chuān​bì​yǐn​guāng

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  • created reference approved 凿壁偷光/鑿壁偷光 → 凿壁透光/鑿壁透光 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    凿壁偷光 / 鑿壁偷光 záo​bì​tōu​guāng

    凿壁透光 / 鑿壁透光 záo​bì​tòu​guāng

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  • created sense approved 凿壁偷光/鑿壁偷光 · záo​bì​tōu​guāng · to study diligently — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    zuò​bì​tōu​guāng

    凿 (literal) → 凿/鑿 · záo · to chisel 壁 (literal) → 壁 · bì · wall 偷 (literal) → 偷 · tōu · secretly 光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · light

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