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= The book binding broke three times
= 韦编三绝
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韦编三绝 is a <chengyu> that means "to study diligently", i.e. to read so much to the point that your book starts to wear down.
There is a Chinese Wiki page for this song: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/韦编三绝 which says it dates from the early <Qing dynasty>
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