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凿壁偷光
záo​bì​tōu​guāng

study diligently

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
凿壁偷光 (鑿壁偷光) záo​bì​tōu​guāng
study diligently
to study hard in the face of extreme poverty or hardship (lit. to bore a hole in the wall to borrow a neighbor's light)

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