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凿壁偷光

záo bì tōu guāng

4-character word Traditional 鑿壁偷光

What 凿壁偷光 means

1. lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
2. fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship

The characters in 凿壁偷光

• 凿záo(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic…
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely

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