Keep the way for the poor(shǒu dào ān pín)

Keep the way for the poor

The Chinese idiom "keep the right path and settle down in poverty" is sh à UD à o à NP í n in pinyin, which means to stick to the right path and settle down in poverty. From the old book of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jishan's biography.

Idiom usage

He is content with poverty and unwilling to change.

The origin of Idioms

In the old book of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jishan and other biographers said, "to be honest and to be poor, to be benevolent and to cherish yuan."

Analysis of Idioms

To live in poverty

Idiom explanation

Stick to the right path and be content with poverty. In the old days, it was used to praise the poor and virtuous scholar bureaucrats.

Chinese PinYin : shǒu dào ān pín