jù​yíng​yìng​xuě

to study under hard conditions

  • created reference approved 聚萤映雪/聚螢映雪 → 囊萤映雪/囊螢映雪 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聚萤映雪 / 聚螢映雪 jù​yíng​yìng​xuě

    囊萤映雪 / 囊螢映雪 náng​yíng​yìng​xuě

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  • created reference approved 聚萤映雪/聚螢映雪 → 悬梁刺股/懸梁刺股 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聚萤映雪 / 聚螢映雪 jù​yíng​yìng​xuě

    悬梁刺股 / 懸梁刺股 xuán​liáng​cì​gǔ

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  • created sense approved 聚萤映雪/聚螢映雪 · jù​yíng​yìng​xuě · to study under hard conditions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聚萤映雪 / 聚螢映雪

    jù​yíng​yìng​xuě

    to study under hard conditions

    (idiom) to study diligently despite poverty or harsh conditions; literally "to collect fireflies and study by the reflection of snow"

    聚 (literal) → 聚 · jù · to accumulate 萤 (literal) → 萤/螢 · yíng · firefly 映 (literal) → 映 · yìng · to reflect 雪 (literal) → 雪 · xuě · snow

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