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聚萤映雪

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4-character word Traditional 聚螢映雪

What 聚萤映雪 means

1. lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background
2. burning the midnight oil

The characters in 聚萤映雪

• 聚jùto assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 萤yíngfirefly; glow-worm
• 映yìng(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)