More is better than less
The less things, the better. The same as "more is better than less".
Idioms and allusions
Source: Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 of a dream of Red Mansions: "what you said is the same. It's better to save one thing than to do more." Example: Chapter Nine of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: "he was most afraid of negotiating with foreigners in his life, so he suddenly had the idea to send a telegram to Tao ziyao to stop running the machine and ask for money back."
Discrimination of words
Usage: used as object, attributive, clause; not wanting to be in charge
More is better than less
To raise the spirits and clear the turbid - jī yáng qīng zhuó
as brilliant as the sun , the moon and the stars - bǐng rú rì xīng
sincere words and earnest wishes - yǔ zhòng xīn cháng
lay more stress on the past than on the present - mù gǔ bó jīn