Difficulties often arise in study and life, but we should work hard to overcome them. We should have the desire to learn knowledge and do our best to complete our studies. We should not be discouraged in the face of difficulties, like Kuang Heng.
The source of chiseling through walls to steal light: Volume 2 of "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing": "Kuang Heng, also known as Zhigui, studied diligently but did not have a candle, and his neighbor had a candle but did not catch it. Heng penetrated the wall to attract its light and used books to reflect the light. And read it."
It tells the story of Kuang Heng in the Western Han Dynasty who dug through the wall to invite his neighbors to read by candlelight. It was later used to describe people who came from a poor family and studied hard.
Explanation of the idiom
Gouge the wall to steal the light: The meaning of the word describes studying hard and working very hard. Synonymous with the bag of fireflies reflecting the snow, burning ointment to follow the sundial, and chiseling the wall to borrow light. The opposite meaning is uneducated, illiterate, and ignorant.
Sentence Learning is very difficult, and it is impossible without the spirit of perseverance and perseverance.
Usage example (Yuan Qiaoji's "The Story of Li Taibai's Matching of Money·The Third Fold"): "It's in vain that you are poor in nine classics, three histories, and hundreds of schools of thought. You don't learn from the ancient sage Nao Ying's accumulation of snow, and he chiseled If you steal the light from the wall, you will learn "The Story of Money".
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