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鑿壁偷光 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Diligent Study Proverb

Drill a hole in the wall to get light to read by.

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 záo bì tōu guāng
Diligent Study Proverb Scroll

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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If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

鑿壁偷光

凿壁偷光

see styles		 záo bì tōu guāng
    zao2 bi4 tou1 guang1
tsao pi t`ou kuang
    tsao pi tou kuang

More info & calligraphy:

Diligent Study Proverb
lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom); fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (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
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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