聚萤映雪 (聚螢映雪)
jù yíng yìng xuě
Pinyin

Definition

聚萤映雪 (聚螢映雪)
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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

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)