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头悬梁,锥刺股

tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly

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