decline riches and prefer poverty

decline riches and prefer poverty

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C í f ù J ū P í n, which means to refuse to get rich salary but only to receive a meager salary. It is now used to describe abandoning good treatment and being willing to live in poverty. From Mencius, wanzhangxia.

Idiom usage

As a predicate or object; used in life

The origin of Idioms

Mencius wanzhangxia: "being an official is not for poverty, but sometimes for poverty; getting a wife is not for support, but sometimes for support. For those who are poor, they have to give up the superiority and live in the inferiority. Is it better to be humble and rich than poor? We're going to look at it. "

Idiom explanation

Refuse: refuse, refuse. Originally, it refers to refusing to get a good salary but only receiving a poor salary. It is described as abandoning preferential treatment and being willing to live a poor life.