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螢雪
yíng​xuě

diligent study

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萤雪/ 螢雪 yíng​xuě diligent study

(literary) to study diligently by the light of fireflies or reflected snow; based on the stories of Che Yin and Sun Kang, who were too poor to afford oil and studied by whatever light they could find

References

see 萤雪/螢雪 → 映雪囊萤/映雪囊螢
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