On the eve of the university entrance examinations, many harried candidates, apart from counting down the days to the exam on the blackboard, have given each other encouragement over the years by writing on the walls in large, eye-catching characters: "If you have not been chilled to the marrow by the cold of winter, how can you smell the perfume of the plum flowers?"
聯考前多少寒窗學子，除了黑板上的倒數計日，也作興在牆上以醒目的大字寫下：「不經一番寒澈骨，怎得梅花撲鼻香」。