i pick up what others discard

i pick up what others discard

The Chinese idiom, R é NQ ì w ǒ Q ǔ, means that I pick up the things abandoned by others. Originally, it means that businessmen buy off unsalable goods at a low price and sell them at a high price to make a big profit. Later, it is used to show that it is still good to not compete with others. It comes from historical records, biographies of merchants.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records: Li Kewu did his best, but Bai Gui was optimistic and time-varying, so people abandoned me and got me, and people got me and me

Idiom usage

Combined; as object, clause; with commendatory meaning. Mao Dun's a certain town: "thinking that we Chinese are the best at ~, then maybe biting is closer to reality."

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Wei Wenhou appointed Li Zhen as the prime minister to carry out reform and strengthen the rule. Inspired by the business principle of Bai Gui, a businessman, that "people abandon us and others take us", Li Zhen carried out the "flat purchase" law to protect the interests of farmers and develop agricultural production in the economic reform, so that the state intervened and regulated the economy, and made Wei rich and strong.