To separate the poor from the poor
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NP í nzh è nqi ó ng, which means to help the poor by dividing property. From Zuo Zhuan, the fourth year of Zhaogong.
The origin of Idioms
In the fourth year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan, it is said that "we should comfort the people, separate the poor from the poor, grow up the orphan and the young, and support the sick."
Idiom usage
As predicate or object; used for relief.
To separate the poor from the poor
have a good idea of how things stand - xiōng zhōng yǒu shù
help the weak and restrain the powerful - fú ruò yì qiáng
A full man knows not a hungry man - bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī