abstinent contentment(zhī zú zhī zhǐ)

abstinent contentment

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ī Z ú zh ǐ, which means to know to be satisfied and to know enough. It comes from the biography of Xiao Dahuan in the book of Zhou.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Zhou, biography of Xiao Dahuan: "it's hard to live a hard life if you don't have the wisdom to escape from the crowd and don't have the ability to do high things. It's just like contentment without tiredness."

Idiom usage

When my two younger brothers were in the court, I used to satirize their contentment. If I come back today to answer the imperial edict, I will eat my own food. Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan in Ming Dynasty (Volume 2)

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: contentment without shame, knowledge without danger

Chinese PinYin : zhī zú zhī zhǐ