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凿壁偷光

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kuāng衡héng小时候xiǎo shí hou爱ài读书dú shū,可是kě shì家里jiā lǐ穷qióng,点diǎn不bù起qǐ灯dēng。

Kuang Heng loved reading but was too poor to buy lamp oil.

隔壁gé bì人家rén jia晚上wǎn shang点diǎn灯dēng,他tā在zài墙qiáng上shàng凿záo了le个gè小xiǎo洞dòng,让ràng光guāng透过tòu guò来lái。

His neighbour's lamp shone at night, so he bored a hole in the wall to let light through.

他tā天天tiān tiān借jiè这zhè洞dòng里lǐ的de光guāng读书dú shū。

Every night he read by the borrowed beam.

匡kuāng衡héng后来hòu lái做zuò了le大dà官guān,成chéng了le大学dà xué者zhě。想xiǎng读书dú shū的de人rén,没有méi yǒu光guāng也yě能néng想xiǎng办法bàn fǎ。

He rose to high office and great learning. Those who want to read find light somewhere.

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