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凿壁偷光

鑿壁偷光

Level 5 · 寓言故事 · 49 vocabulary words

Source: 《西京杂记》 · Xijing Zaji (Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital)

匡kuāng衡héng小时候xiǎo shí hou家里jiā lǐ穷qióng,点diǎn不bù起qǐ灯dēng。

Young Kuang Heng's family was poor and could not afford lamplight.

邻居lín jū家jiā晚上wǎn shang有yǒu灯光dēng guāng,他tā在zài墙qiáng上shàng凿záo了liǎo一yī个gè小xiǎo洞dòng,借jiè着zhuó洞dòng里lǐ透过tòu guò来lái的de光guāng读书dú shū。

His neighbour's lamp shone at night, so he bored a small hole in the wall and read by the beam that came through.

他tā就jìu这样zhè yàng坚持jiān chí读书dú shū,后来hòu lái成chéng了liǎo有名yǒu míng的de大学dà xué问wèn家jiā。

He kept reading this way and later became a famous scholar.

条件tiáo jiàn再zài苦kǔ,也yě挡dǎng不bù住zhù想xiǎng学习xué xí的de人rén。

However hard the conditions, they cannot stop someone who wants to learn.

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