凿壁偷光
Boring a Hole to Borrow Light
Level 4 · Idiom Stories · 成语故事 · 46 vocabulary words
Source: 《西京杂记》 · Miscellaneous Records of the Western Capital
匡衡小时候爱读书,可是家里穷,点不起灯。
Kuang Heng loved reading but was too poor to buy lamp oil.
隔壁人家晚上点灯,他在墙上凿了个小洞,让光透过来。
His neighbour's lamp shone at night, so he bored a hole in the wall to let light through.
他天天借这洞里的光读书。
Every night he read by the borrowed beam.
匡衡后来做了大官,成了大学者。想读书的人,没有光也能想办法。
He rose to high office and great learning. Those who want to read find light somewhere.