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聚螢映雪 (zeoi6 jing4 jing2 syut3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

聚螢映雪 (zeoi6 jing4 jing2 syut3, jù yíng yìng xuě) — lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background; burning the midnight oil

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 聚腳地 (zeoi6 goek3 dei6) — place for gathering
• 聚腳 (zeoi6 goek3) — to gather in one place (spoken)
• 聚舊 (zeoi6 gau6) — gathering
• 聚 (zeoi6) — to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymeriz…
• 聚丙烯 (zeoi6 bing2 hei1) — polypropylene
• 聚乙烯 (zeoi6 jyut3 hei1) — polythene; polyethylene

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