钻坚仰高 — Chinese idiom
钻坚仰高
zuān jiān yǎng gāo
Traditional: 鑽堅仰高
Meaning
- lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (from Analects)
- fig. to delve deeply into one's studies
- meticulous and diligent study
Character by character
- 钻zuāndiamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
- 坚jiānhard, strong; firm, resolute
- 仰yǎngraise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admir
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
Idioms sharing a character
- 敲钉钻脚 qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
- 无孔不钻 wú kǒng bù zuān
- 见缝就钻 jiàn fèng jiù zuān
- 钻故纸堆 zuān gù zhǐ duī
- 钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān
- 坚不可摧 jiān bù kě cuī
- 坚壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě
- 坚如磐石 jiān rú pán shí
- 坚强不屈 jiān qiáng bù qū
- 坚持不懈 jiān chí bù xiè
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