韦编三绝 wéi biān sān jué

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

韦 wéi tanned leather; surname; simplified form of KangXi radical number 178
编 biān
HSK 5
knit, weave; arrange; compile
三 sān
HSK 1
three
绝 jué
HSK 4
to cut, sever, break off, terminate