proud of one's poverty

proud of one's poverty

Poor and arrogant, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í NJI à NJI à or é n, which means being poor and arrogant. A person who is poor and despises power. It comes from the Wei family in historical records.

Idiom explanation

I'm poor, but I'm proud. A person who is poor and despises power.

The origin of Idioms

The Wei family in historical records: "is the rich proud? And the poor are proud? "

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: rich and proud

Idiom usage

To hold a scornful attitude toward wealth and power

Examples

There is also a group of people who don't make progress. No one has ever appreciated him. They also learn from him to go blind and say "～". The twenty second chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Wei Wenhou captured Zhongshan state and sent the prince to garrison it. Prince hit on the road, met Wen Hou's teacher Tian Zifang came forward to say hello, Tian Zifang ignored. The prince asked him whether he was rich or poor. Tian Zifang thought that the poor should be proud. If the princes were proud, they would lose their country. If the opinions of the poor were not adopted, they could go to other countries.