貧賤不能移
pín​jiàn​bù​néng​yí

unshaken by poverty

  • created sense approved 贫贱不能移/貧賤不能移 · pín​jiàn​bù​néng​yí · unshaken by poverty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贫贱不能移 / 貧賤不能移

    pín​jiàn​bù​néng​yí

    unshaken by poverty

    to remain true to one's principles and ambitions despite being poor and of low status; often used to describe a person of high integrity

    贫贱 (literal) → 贫贱/貧賤 · pín​jiàn · poor and humble 不能 (literal) → 不能 · bù​néng · cannot 移 (literal) → 移 · yí · to change

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

    created sense