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be content with staying where one is

Time: 2022-01-31 00:12:59 Author: ChinaWiki.net

be content with staying where one is

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ù B ù Z ì f ē ng, which means to be content with the status quo and not seek progress. It comes from the book of the Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"In the past, there were those who learned to walk in Handan, but they didn't seem to get it, and they lost their old steps again, so they crawled to their ears."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: stick to the rules, cling to the incomplete, stick to the old ways [antonym]: go forward bravely and never move forward

Idiom usage

You are open-minded and easy-going! You don't go with the flow, and you don't get complacent. The first act of Qu Yuan by Guo Moruo

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