映雪囊萤
yìng​xuě​náng​yíng

to study diligently

  • created sense approved 映雪囊萤/映雪囊螢 · yìng​xuě​náng​yíng · to study diligently — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    映雪囊萤 / 映雪囊螢

    yìng​xuě​náng​yíng

    to study diligently

    to study by the light of reflected snow or a bag of fireflies; an idiom describing extreme diligence in one's studies despite poverty

    映雪 (literal) → 映雪 · yìng​xuě · reading by reflected snowlight 囊 (literal) → 囊 · náng · to encase 萤 (literal) → 萤/螢 · yíng · firefly

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    created sense