车胤

車胤
Chē Yìn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Che Yin (c. 333–401), Eastern Jin official who as a poor boy read at night by the light of fireflies in a silk bag

Examples

HSK 5
Chē Yìn xiǎoshíhou jiālǐ hěn qióng.
Che Yin's family was very poor when he was a child.
HSK 7-9
Chē Yìn mǎibuqǐ dēngyóu, wǎnshang jiù jiè yínghuǒchóng de guāng dúshū.
Che Yin couldn't afford lamp oil, so at night he read by the light of fireflies.

Tips

culture
His bag of fireflies is the first half of 囊萤映雪; the second is 孙康, who read by the glow of snow. Both stand for studying hard in poverty, and both later rose to high office.
mistakes
As a surname 车 is Chē. The reading jū belongs to the chariot piece in Chinese chess.

Stroke Order

车 chē
胤 yìn