the more hard-pressed , the more one must become steadfast and firm

the more hard-pressed , the more one must become steadfast and firm

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ó NGD ā ngy ì Ji ā n, which means that the poorer the situation is, the stronger the will should be. It comes from the biography of Ma Yuan in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"After the Han Dynasty · Ma Yuan biography" says: "husband for ambition, the poor when the strong, the old when the strong."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or object; used to admonish. example "a man is determined to grow old and strong." People think it's a valuable lesson. (Lin Handa, a new edition of the stories of the former and later Han Dynasties