created sense approved 映月读书/映月讀書 · yìngyuèdúshū · to study by moonlight — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
映月读书 / 映月讀書
yìngyuèdúshū
to study by moonlight
To study hard despite poverty; based on the story of Jiang Mi who, being too poor to afford lamps, used the light of the moon to read at night.
映 (literal) → 映 · yìng · to shine upon 月 (literal) → 月 · yuè · moonlight 读书 (literal) → 读书/讀書 · dúshū · to read
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