worse off than some, better off than many(bǐ shàng bù zú，bǐ xià yǒu yú)

worse off than some, better off than many

The Pinyin is B ǐ sh à NGB ù Z ú, B ǐ Xi à y ǒ uy ú, which means that it can't catch up with the front but surpasses the back. The language comes from Zhao Qi's preface to San Fu Jue Lu.

explicate

This is the consolation of those who are satisfied with the status quo and do not work hard. Sometimes it's used to persuade people to be content.

source

Zhao Qi of the Han Dynasty wrote in his three auxiliary records: "the upper part is less than Cui Du, and the lower part is more than Zhao Luo." In the Wren Fu by Zhang Hua of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "there will be more than enough in the top but less in the bottom". at first, it was better than calligraphy. In Laozi's Tai Yi Sheng Shui in the spring and Autumn Period: "the sky is not enough in the northwest, and its lower part is high to be strong; the earth is not enough in the southeast, and its upper part is low to be weak. Those who are less than the superior have more than the inferior, and those who are less than the inferior have more than the superior. "

Examples

In some places, I am inferior to people, but in some places, people are inferior to me (Yang Xianzhen, strengthening party spirit training)

usage

As a subject or clause; used in the thought of living in the middle of the river

words whose meaning is similar

No merit, no fault

Chinese PinYin : bǐ shàng bù zú，bǐ xià yǒu yú