聚萤映雪
jù yíng yìng xuě
Pinyin

Definition

聚萤映雪
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jù yíng yìng xuě
  1. lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background
  2. burning the midnight oil

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雪
xià xuě
  1. 1 to snow
聚
jù
  1. 1 to congregate
  2. 2 to assemble
  3. 3 to mass
  4. 4 to gather together
  5. 5 to amass
  6. 6 to polymerize
聚会
jù huì
  1. 1 party
  2. 2 gathering
  3. 3 to meet
  4. 4 to get together
雪
Xuě
  1. 1 surname Xue
雪花
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
上映
shàng yìng
  1. 1 to show (a movie)
  2. 2 to screen
冰雪
bīng xuě
  1. 1 ice and snow
凝聚
níng jù
  1. 1 to condense
  2. 2 to coagulate
  3. 3 coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets)
  4. 4 aggregation
  5. 5 coherent
汇聚
huì jù
  1. 1 convergence
  2. 2 to come together
反映
fǎn yìng
  1. 1 to mirror
  2. 2 to reflect
  3. 3 mirror image
  4. 4 reflection
  5. 5 (fig.) to report
  6. 6 to make known
  7. 7 to render
团聚
tuán jù
  1. 1 to reunite
  2. 2 to have a reunion
大雪
Dà xuě
  1. 1 Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
小雪
Xiǎo xuě
  1. 1 Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
映
yìng
  1. 1 to reflect (light)
  2. 2 to shine
  3. 3 to project (an image onto a screen etc)
欢聚
huān jù
  1. 1 to get together socially
  2. 2 to celebrate
  3. 3 party
  4. 4 celebration
滑雪
huá xuě
  1. 1 to ski
  2. 2 skiing
瑞雪
ruì xuě
  1. 1 timely snow
白雪
bái xuě
  1. 1 snow
相聚
xiāng jù
  1. 1 to meet together
  2. 2 to assemble
积雪
jī xuě
  1. 1 snow
  2. 2 snow cover
  3. 3 snow mantle

Idioms (19)

不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
  1. 1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
  2. 2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ
  1. 1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
报仇雪恨
bào chóu xuě hèn
  1. 1 to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
好聚好散
hǎo jù hǎo sàn
  1. 1 to part without hard feelings (idiom)
  2. 2 to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
映入眼帘
yìng rù yǎn lián
  1. 1 (idiom) to greet the eye
  2. 2 to come into view
物以类聚
wù yǐ lèi jù
  1. 1 similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
  2. 2 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分
wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn
  1. 1 Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
程门立雪
Chéng mén lì xuě
  1. 1 lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. deep reverence for one's master
聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle
聚精会神
jù jīng huì shén
  1. 1 to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
聚萤映雪
jù yíng yìng xuě
  1. 1 lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background
  2. 2 burning the midnight oil
聚讼纷纭
jù sòng fēn yún
  1. 1 (of a body of people) to offer all kinds of different opinions (idiom)
  2. 2 to argue endlessly
雪上加霜
xuě shàng jiā shuāng
  1. 1 to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another
  2. 2 to make things worse in a bad situation
雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
  1. 1 a goose's footprint in the snow
  2. 2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
  3. 3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
风花雪月
fēng huā xuě yuè
  1. 1 wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
  2. 2 love affair
  3. 3 romance is in the air
  4. 4 dissipated life
鹅毛大雪
é máo dà xuě
  1. 1 goose feather snow (idiom)
  2. 2 big heavy snow fall

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