聚萤映雪

Traditional: 聚螢映雪

jù yíng yìng xuě

Dictionary entry

lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background

What does 聚萤映雪 mean?

聚萤映雪 (jù yíng yìng xuě) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

2burning the midnight oil

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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Xuěsurname Xue

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