You don't expect pride
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ì B ù Q ī Ji ā o, refers to people who do not want to catch the habit. From book Zhouguan.
Analysis of Idioms
You should not be proud
The origin of Idioms
The language version of the book, Zhouguan, says, "a position is not expected to be arrogant, but a salary is not expected to be extravagant." Confucius said: "pride is not related to arrogance, but pride comes; wealth is not related to extravagance, but extravagance comes from itself, and arrogance and extravagance are related to self-discipline, so they die quickly."
Idiom usage
Wei Wei Shangshu thinks that his Majesty's ambition to be good is not as good as in the past, he will change when he hears about it, he will lose less in the past, he will punish more, he will be angry and he will know that he is rich and he will not change his wish. The eleventh year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan
Chinese PinYin : guì bù qī jiāo
You don't expect pride
discourse at random of things past and present. shuō gǔ dào jīn
the self-conceited scholar 's old way of life. kuáng nú gù tài
severity in speech and fairness in principle -- as the utterance of an upright person. cí yán yì zhèng
Looking to the East, you can't see the west wall. dōng xiàng ér wàng ,bù jiàn xī qiáng
associating with benevolent gentlemen and befriending good neighbors. qīn rén shàn lín