jù yíng yìng xuě

Traditional: 聚螢映雪

聚萤映雪 (jù yíng yìng xuě) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background; burning the midnight oil”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 聚萤映雪

聚jù · to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive)萤yíng · firefly映yìng · (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)雪xuě · snow

Related words

聚会party雪snow雪surname Xue聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive)聚集to assemble; to gather雪茄(loanword) cigar滑雪to ski反映to mirror团聚to reunite雪橇sled下雪to snow映(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

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