chuān​bì​yǐn​guāng

very studious

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

    穿壁引光 chuān​bì​yǐn​guāng

    凿壁偷光 / 鑿壁偷光 záo​bì​tōu​guāng

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

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  • created reference approved 穿壁引光 → 凿壁透光/鑿壁透光 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穿壁引光 chuān​bì​yǐn​guāng

    凿壁透光 / 鑿壁透光 záo​bì​tòu​guāng

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

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  • created sense approved 穿壁引光 · chuān​bì​yǐn​guāng · very studious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穿壁引光

    chuān​bì​yǐn​guāng

    very studious

    to be extremely hardworking and diligent in one's studies despite poverty; based on the story of Kuang Heng, who bored a hole in the wall to use his neighbor's candlelight to read

    穿 (literal) → 穿 · chuān · to pierce 壁 (literal) → 壁 · bì · wall 引 (literal) → 引 · yǐn · to cause 光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · light

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

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