wéi
biān
sān
jué

idiom
literary

Meaning of 韦编三绝

韦编三绝 means to study diligently; to read so frequently that the binding cords break (from the story of Confucius reading the I Ching). Pronounced wéi biān sān jué.

  • to study diligently; to read so frequently that the binding cords break (from the story of Confucius reading the I Ching)

Definitions & Examples

zhì
xué
yán
jǐn
 
dào
le
wéi
biān
sān
jué
de
 

He is rigorous in his scholarship, almost to the point of wearing out the book bindings.

Méi
yǒu
wéi
biān
sān
jué
de
jīng
shén
 
shì
hěn
nán
zài
xué
shù
shàng
yǒu
suǒ
chéng
jiù
de
 

Without the spirit of assiduous study, it is difficult to achieve anything in academia.

Zhè
wèi
lǎo
jiào
shòu
wéi
biān
sān
jué
 
duì
zhè
jīng
diǎn
dào
bèi
liú
 

This old professor has studied so diligently that he can recite this classic backwards.