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Diligent Study Proverb
Drill a hole in the wall to get light to read by.
鑿壁偷光 is a Chinese proverb that means “Bore a hole in the wall to make use of the neighbor's light to study.”
This is a nice gift for a very studious person.
Kuang Heng was born during the Western Han period. He has been very fond of reading ever since he was young. However, he could not attend school since his family was poor, and he had to borrow books from people to learn.
To borrow these books, he normally did chores for people who had them. When he became older, he had to work in the field from sunrise to sunset since his family's financial situation did not improve. Thus, he tried to study at night, but he had no lamp.
One day, he noticed the light from the neighbor's house coming through a crack in the wall. This made him very happy, so he dug a larger hole from the crack and read in the light that shone through. This diligent study eventually made him an accomplished person.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鑿 凿 see styles |
záo zao2 tsao nomi のみ |
(bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuo4] (kana only) chisel; (surname) Nomi to drill |
枘鑿 枘凿 see styles |
ruì záo rui4 zao2 jui tsao |
incompatible (abbr. for 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2]); (literary) compatible (lit. "mortise and tenon") |
榫鑿 榫凿 see styles |
sǔn záo sun3 zao2 sun tsao |
mortise chisel |
確鑿 确凿 see styles |
què záo que4 zao2 ch`üeh tsao chüeh tsao |
definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [que4 zuo4] |
穿鑿 穿凿 see styles |
chuān záo chuan1 zao2 ch`uan tsao chuan tsao sensaku; senzaku(ok) せんさく; せんざく(ok) |
to bore a hole; to give a forced interpretation (noun, transitive verb) (1) (See 詮索) probing (into); digging (into); prying (into); scrutiny; poking one's nose into; poking around; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (obsolete) excavation; digging to bore |
鑿井 凿井 see styles |
záo jǐng zao2 jing3 tsao ching sakusei / sakuse さくせい |
to dig a well (noun/participle) well drilling |
鑿子 凿子 see styles |
záo zi zao2 zi5 tsao tzu |
chisel |
鑿岩 凿岩 see styles |
záo yán zao2 yan2 tsao yen |
(rock) drilling |
鑿枘 凿枘 see styles |
záo ruì zao2 rui4 tsao jui |
to fit like mortise and tenon |
鑿沉 凿沉 see styles |
záo chén zao2 chen2 tsao ch`en tsao chen |
to scuttle (a ship) |
鑿空 凿空 see styles |
záo kōng zao2 kong1 tsao k`ung tsao kung |
to open an aperture; (extended meaning) to cut a way through; to open up a road |
開鑿 开凿 see styles |
kāi záo kai1 zao2 k`ai tsao kai tsao kaisaku かいさく |
to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) (noun/participle) excavation; cutting; digging |
鑿岩機 凿岩机 see styles |
záo yán jī zao2 yan2 ji1 tsao yen chi sakuganki さくがんき |
rock drill rock drill; pneumatic drill; jackhammer |
鑿石場 凿石场 see styles |
záo shí chǎng zao2 shi2 chang3 tsao shih ch`ang tsao shih chang |
rock quarry |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Diligent Study Proverb | 鑿壁偷光 凿壁偷光 | záo bì tōu guāng zao2 bi4 tou1 guang1 zao bi tou guang zaobitouguang | tsao pi t`ou kuang tsaopitoukuang tsao pi tou kuang |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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