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凿壁偷光
záo bì tōu guāng
What 凿壁偷光 means
- lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
- 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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