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Open the tool →然糠自照 (rán kāng zì zhào) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to study diligently under difficult conditions”.
然糠自照 is pronounced rán kāng zì zhào in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 然糠自照 means “burn rice bran to illuminate oneself”. It is used to mean “to study diligently under difficult conditions”.
然:同“燃”,烧;糠:谷壳。烧糠照明。比喻勤奋好学。