不患貧而患不安
bù​huàn​pín'ér​huàn​bù'ān

instability is worse than poverty

  • created sense approved 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 — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 患 (literal) → 患 · huàn · to worry 贫 (literal) → 贫/貧 · pín · poor 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 患 (literal) → 患 · huàn · to worry 不安 (literal) → 不安 · bù'ān · unstable

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