照萤映雪
zhào​yíng​yìng​xuě

to study diligently

  • created reference approved 照萤映雪/照螢映雪 → 映雪囊萤/映雪囊螢 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    照萤映雪 / 照螢映雪 zhào​yíng​yìng​xuě

    映雪囊萤 / 映雪囊螢 yìng​xuě​náng​yíng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 照萤映雪/照螢映雪 · zhào​yíng​yìng​xuě · to study diligently — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    照萤映雪 / 照螢映雪

    zhào​yíng​yìng​xuě

    to study diligently

    (idiom) to study hard despite difficult circumstances; literally to use the light from fireflies and the reflection from snow to read

    照 (literal) → 照 · zhào · to shine 萤 (literal) → 萤/螢 · yíng · firefly 映 (literal) → 映 · yìng · to shine upon 雪 (literal) → 雪 · xuě · snow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense