Valuing wealth over justice(zhòng cái qīng yì)

Valuing wealth over justice

Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is "zh òò NGC á IQ ī ngy", which means to value wealth and despise morality. It comes from Han Yu's on the list of rewards for catching thieves.

Idiom usage

I despise those who value money more than justice.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: forgetting justice when seeing wealth antonym: upholding justice and dispersing wealth

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote in his book on the reward of catching thieves: "the common people are villains. They attach importance to money rather than justice, so they can't understand things deeply."

Idiom explanation

Valuing wealth over morality.

Chinese PinYin : zhòng cái qīng yì