decline riches and prefer poverty
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C í f ù J ū P í n, which means to refuse to get rich salary but only to receive a meager salary. It is now used to describe abandoning good treatment and being willing to live in poverty. From Mencius, wanzhangxia.
Idiom usage
As a predicate or object; used in life
The origin of Idioms
Mencius wanzhangxia: "being an official is not for poverty, but sometimes for poverty; getting a wife is not for support, but sometimes for support. For those who are poor, they have to give up the superiority and live in the inferiority. Is it better to be humble and rich than poor? We're going to look at it. "
Idiom explanation
Refuse: refuse, refuse. Originally, it refers to refusing to get a good salary but only receiving a poor salary. It is described as abandoning preferential treatment and being willing to live a poor life.
Chinese PinYin : cí fù jū pín
decline riches and prefer poverty
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The sea is not measurable. hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
copiously quote authoritative works. yǐn jīng jù gǔ