悬梁刺股

汉hàn朝cháo的de孙sūn敬jìng读书dú shū到dào深夜shēn yè，怕pà睡着shuì zháo，就jìu用yòng绳子shéng zi把bǎ头发tóu fa绑bǎng在zài房fáng梁liáng上shàng。

Sun Jing of the Han dynasty read deep into the night; afraid of dozing, he tied his hair to a beam with a rope.

战zhàn国guó时shí的de苏sū秦qín读书dú shū困kùn了liǎo，就jìu用yòng锥zhuī子zi刺cì自己zì jǐ的de大腿dà tuǐ。

Su Qin of the Warring States, when drowsy over his books, pricked his thigh with an awl.

他们tā men用yòng这样zhè yàng的de办法bàn fǎ提醒tí xǐng自己zì jǐ：不bù能néng睡shuì，还要hái yào学xué。

With methods like these they reminded themselves: no sleeping, keep studying.

后来hòu lái，他们tā men都dōu成chéng了liǎo很hěn有yǒu学问xué wèn的de人rén。

Later, both became very learned men.