More modest, less profitable(yì qiān kuī yíng)

More modest, less profitable

Yiqian kuiying, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì Qi ā Nku ī y í ng, which means you benefit from modesty and you lose when you are full. It comes from the biography of Chai Chaosheng, a draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to Chai Chaosheng's biography in the draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty, "when you consult your ministers, you should be alert to them. When you govern the world, you should be more modest and less profitable, and you should be more reasonable."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.

Chinese PinYin : yì qiān kuī yíng