refuse to take any payment for
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē NW é Nb ù Q ǔ, which means no money; it means no reward. It's from xingshihengyan · a small gap of money makes a strange injustice.
The origin of Idioms
Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan · a small gap of money makes a strange injustice in Ming Dynasty: "it's as clear as water, and it doesn't take any money."
Idiom usage
Subject predicate type; as predicate and attribute; metaphor does not pay. Some of them are barren mountain land. I don't get any rent for the mountain land. Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines in Qing Dynasty Chapter 21
refuse to take any payment for
the house is upside-down . -- there is no peace in the house - jiā fān zhái luàn
bounties bestowed by a monarch or an official - chūn fēng yǔ lù
numerous tasks remain to be undertaken - bǎi duān dài jǔ
Talent is superior to Song Dynasty - cái guò qū sòng