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Reading is profit
The 5th year in Song Dynasty , Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi directed to compile a classification encyclopedia - Song Taizong was tired but still persist to study , read three volumes every day . sometimes the national affairs busily  delayed the reading, he also makd up later.
The idiom meaning is :open the books, you will always get the profit. Commonly used in encouraging  people to be diligent , studies will bring benefits.



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Despotic and domineering

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a thousand dollars in one word

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know nothing when asked

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rush to the top in just one time

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worth nothing
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