when a man is poor , his ambition is not far-reaching
when a man is poor , his ambition is not far-reaching
In Chinese, Pinyin is R é nqi ó ngzh ì Du ǎ n, which means that when people are in a difficult situation, their ambition is small. From Ling Mengchu of Ming Dynasty
Idiom explanation
Poor: distress; short: short. When a man is in a difficult situation, his ambition is small.
The origin of Idioms
The forty first chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty: "the so-called people are poor and short of ambition. I dare to compete with him there, and I just want to avoid it."
Idiom usage
Yang Shuo's Hongshishan: "if you are poor and short of ambition, please wipe your face and go out to beg for food."
when a man is poor , his ambition is not far-reaching
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