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韦编三绝

wéi biān sān jué

4-character word Traditional 韋編三絕

What 韦编三绝 means

1. lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times
2. fig. to study diligently

The characters in 韦编三绝

• 韦wéisoft leather
• 编biānto weave; to plait; to organize
• 三sānthree; 3
• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear

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