More words, less

More words, less

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C í Du ō sh ò ush ǎ o, which means to refuse more and accept less. It comes from the biography of Pei Wenju in ZhouShu.

Idiom usage

As an object, it means to refuse more and accept less

Examples

Every time I give him something, he says too much and suffers too little.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Pei Wenju in the book of Zhou, it is said that "the constitution reserves its poverty, and every one wants to give it. Wen Juheng is modest and says more than he can get less. "