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It's fair to take what you want

Time: 2022-01-31 04:28:09 Author: ChinaWiki.net

It's fair to take what you want

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Q ǔ y ù y ǒ Uji é, which means to get and give with restraint. It means to be greedy. It comes from Huainanzi Ben Jing Xun.

Idiom usage

It means not to be greedy

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi Ben Jing Xun" says: "there is a chastity in taking what you give, and sometimes it goes in and out."

Idiom explanation

To get and to give is to be temperate, which means to be greedy.

It's fair to take what you want


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