| | one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) | |
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| | lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort / assiduous (in study) / to concentrate | |
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| | a life of strenuous studies (idiom) | |
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| | excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school) / a paragon of virtue and learning | |
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| | Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆｜笔, 墨, 紙｜纸 and 硯｜砚 / the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom) | |
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| | no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study. / You live and learn. | |
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| | to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end | |
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| | lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps | |
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| | to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies | |
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| | to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom) | |
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| | study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects) | |
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| | mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect. | |
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| | lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship | |
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| | lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress | |
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| | to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom) / see also 頭懸梁， 錐刺股｜头悬梁， 锥刺股 | |
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| | to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come | |
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| | General Lü Meng 呂蒙｜吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu) | |
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| | to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends | |
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| | study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects) | |
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| | lit. not even peek at the garden / fig. to be absorbed in one's studies (idiom) | |
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| | to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently | |
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| | to wash an ink-slab / to prepare for study (idiom) | |
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| | If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針｜磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently | |
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| | lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps | |
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| | (idiom) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study | |
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| | study hard and every day you will improve (idiom) | |
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| | tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study / cf Still waters run deep. | |
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| | lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies | |
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| | studying the old to promote the new (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil | |
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| | lit. not following the straight path (idiom); fig. looking for a shortcut to get ahead in work or study | |
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| | lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study | |
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| | to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers | |
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| | lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom) / fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly | |
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