painstaking in one 's study(xuán tóu cì gǔ)

painstaking in one 's study

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu á NT ó UC ì g ǔ, which means studying hard. It comes from Qin CE Yi.

Idiom usage

He has never been able to catch a glimpse of the snow.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: dangtou stabbing, dangliang stabbing

The origin of Idioms

"Qin CE I of the Warring States strategy": "(Su Qin) was sleepy when he was reading, leading the cone to stab his own shares." "Taiping Yulan" volume 363 quoted from the book of Han Dynasty: "Sun Jing's character is Wenbao. He is eager to learn and never stops in the morning and evening. When he sleeps, he ties his head with a rope and hangs the roof beam. Later, he was a great scholar of the time. "

Idiom explanation

It's hard work. It is the same as "hanging the beam and stabbing the stock".

Idiom story

In the Han Dynasty, the Confucian Master Sun Jing studied very hard when he was a child. He often read late into the night and tied his hair to the roof beam for fear of falling asleep. During the Warring States period, Su Qin, a political strategist, failed to lobby in the state of Qin. In order to gain fame, he was angry and read books. Every day, he read until midnight. Whenever he was about to doze off, he pricked his thigh with an iron awl to refresh himself.

Chinese PinYin : xuán tóu cì gǔ