韦编三绝

Traditional (Taiwan): 韋編三絕

wéibiānsānjué ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

    • lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times
    • fig. to study diligently

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