穷不失义
qióng​bù​shī​yì

poor yet righteous

  • created sense approved 穷不失义/窮不失義 · qióng​bù​shī​yì · poor yet righteous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穷不失义 / 窮不失義

    qióng​bù​shī​yì

    poor yet righteous

    (literary) although one may be in poverty, one does not abandon their principles or sense of justice; to remain virtuous despite being poor

    穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · poor 不失 (literal) → 不失 · bù​shī · to not lose 义 (literal) → 义/義 · yì · justice

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense