bù​huàn​pín'ér​huàn​bù'ān

instability is worse than poverty

不患贫而患不安 不患貧而患不安 bù​huàn​pín'ér​huàn​bù'ān
instability is worse than poverty
be not concerned with poverty, but rather with instability; a philosophical principle suggesting that social unrest is a greater threat to a nation than a lack of wealth

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