韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times
  2. fig. to study diligently

CHARACTERS

韋 wéi tanned leather; surname; KangXi radical number 178
編 biān knit, weave; arrange; compile
三 sān
HSK 1
three
絕 jué cut, sever, break off, terminate