映雪读书 is an idiom

映雪读书yìng xuě dú shū

利用雪的反光读书。形容读书刻苦。

Origin 南朝梁·任彦升《为萧扬州荐士表》：“至乃集萤映雪，编蒲缉柳。”注引《孙氏世录》：“晋孙康家贫，常映雪读书，清介，交游不杂。”

Word breakdown for “映雪读书”: Open in Reader →

映HSK 7–9

(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

映暎HSK 7–9

old variant of 映[yìng]

雪HSK 2

surname Xue

雪HSK 2

1.snow2.(literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

读书讀書HSK 1

1.to read a book2.to study3.to attend school