凿壁偷光
Traditional form:
鑿壁偷光
Pinyin (reading):
záobìtōuguāng
Definitions:
- lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
- fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
Characters:
- 凿 - chisel; to bore, to pierce
- 壁 - partition, wall; rampart
- 偷 - to steal; burglar, thief
- 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
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