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十年窗下
shí​nián​chuāng​xià

to study hard for many years

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十年窗下 shí​nián​chuāng​xià to study hard for many years

ten years of hard study by the window; an idiom referring to the long period of diligent application required for academic success

References

variant 十年寒窗/十年寒窗 → 十年窗下/十年窗下
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