be friends in the days when hard up

be friends in the days when hard up

Poor friends, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í NJI à nzh à Ji à o, which means close friends made in poverty. It comes from the biography of song Hong in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of the later Han Dynasty, song Hongzhuan: "Emperor Guangwu said to Hong:" as the saying goes, "it's easy to make friends, but it's easy to get rich. Is it human?" Hong said: "when I hear about poverty, I must not forget my knowledge, and my wife will not go to court."

Idiom usage

As an object, it refers to a close friend. You are also a poor friend (the fourth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty)

Idiom story

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiuqi used song Hong, a servant of the Western Han Dynasty, and promoted him to "Taizhong doctor". Liu Xiu's elder sister is widowed and takes a fancy to song Hong. Liu Xiu wants to marry her elder sister to song Hong. When Song Hong is asked about his views on "being rich and easy to get married", song Hong replies: "you can't forget your poor friends, but you can't leave your wife in court." Liu Xiu has no choice but to give up.