study by the light of reflected snow or glow-worms

study by the light of reflected snow or glow-worms

Explanation: it means studying hard.

Idioms and allusions

In selected works, Ren Fang's list of recommended scholars for Xiao Yangzhou, Li Shan quoted sun's Chronicles of the world as a quotation: "Sun Kang's family is poor, and he often reads in Yingxue." According to the biography of Che Yin in the book of Jin, "the poor don't get oil very often. In summer, they practice and hold dozens of fireflies to illuminate the book. They spend their days and nights."

Discrimination of words

Synonyms xuejianyingchuang, xuejianyingdeng degree of common use: remote emotional color: commendatory words grammatical usage: as object and attribute; used in figurative sentences idiom structure: combined generation time: ancient times