full without flowing over

full without flowing over

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǎ n é RB ù y ì, which means the utensil is full but not overflowing. It refers to having wealth but not abusing it, having talent but not showing off, and being good at controlling and guarding. It comes from the spring and Autumn Annals of Lu family, Chawei.

The origin of Idioms

"Lu's spring and Autumn Annals · Chawei:" high but not dangerous, so long guard expensive also, full but not overflow, so long guard rich also

Discrimination of words

It refers to modesty. In the book of the later Han Dynasty, the first chapter of Emperor Guangwu's annals: "the rules are strict, but not overflowing." Han Huan Kuan's on salt and iron praises the virtuous: "therefore, when a gentleman comes, he will speak, and then take righteousness. He will not get it by way, and he will not live in it; he will not overflow, and he will not be arrogant."