study by the light of glowworms and the reflection of snow(zhào yíng yìng xuě)

study by the light of glowworms and the reflection of snow

Yingying Yingxue is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh à oy í ngy à ngxu à, which means to use the light of fireflies and the reflection of snow to read. It describes the spirit of studying hard. It comes from the biography of Wang sengru in the book of Liang.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Wang Seng Ru in the book of Liang: "zhinai ~, compile Pu Ji Liu, first say and go, elegant and popular characters, Gan Quan Yi, Nangong story, draw a picture, and you can tell it in your palm."

Idiom usage

Wang Seng Ru's biography: to the end, Zhao Ying Xue, Pu Ji Liu, first words and deeds, elegant and popular characters, Gan Quan Yi, Nangong story, painting the ground into a picture.

Idiom story

Che Yin of Jin Dynasty was very diligent when he was a child. Because of his poor family, he often can't afford the oil to light the lamp, which makes him unable to study at night. Summer is coming, see the glowing fireflies, Che Yin came up with a way: dozens of fireflies to catch into a translucent gauze bag, with it to light reading. A few years later, his knowledge has greatly improved. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Sun Kang who couldn't study at night because of lack of lamp oil when he was a child. After a heavy snow, he saw the moonlight shining on the snow, so he put his book close to the snow and used the weak reflection of the snow on the moon to read. Later, because of his erudition, he was valued by the imperial court. "Yingyingxue" is summarized from the above story.

Chinese PinYin : zhào yíng yìng xuě