Senses
为五斗米折腰/ 為五斗米折腰 to compromise one's principles for a salary
(allusion to the poet 陶潜 ) 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
(allusion to the poet 陶潜 ) 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