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
be ready to write down anything encountered - huái qiān tí qiàn
Run like a wolf, run like a rabbit - láng bēn tù tuō
deep favour and weighty righteousness - ēn shēn yì zhòng