poor and stronger

poor and stronger

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Qi ó ngqi ě y 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.

Notes on Idioms

Poor: poor; benefit: more.

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 when you are old and strong, you'd better move your heart to the white head, be poor and strong, and never lose your ambition. Farewell preface to Tengwang Pavilion by Wang Bo of Tang Dynasty