wèi​wǔ​dǒu​mǐ​zhé​yāo

to compromise one's principles for a salary

为五斗米折腰 為五斗米折腰 wèi​wǔ​dǒu​mǐ​zhé​yāo
to compromise one's principles for a salary
(allusion to the poet 陶潜 táo​qián) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice; to swallow one's pride or compromise one's values for a small material gain or a low-paying job

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