食无求饱
shí​wú​qiú​bǎo

to eat sparingly

  • created reference approved 食无求饱/食無求飽 → 居无求安/居無求安 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食无求饱 / 食無求飽 shí​wú​qiú​bǎo

    居无求安 / 居無求安 jū​wú​qiú'ān

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 食无求饱/食無求飽 · shí​wú​qiú​bǎo · to eat sparingly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食无求饱 / 食無求飽

    shí​wú​qiú​bǎo

    to eat sparingly

    (literary) to not seek satiety in food; describes a person of character focusing on virtue over material comfort. Often used in parallel with [[居无求安|居無求安|ju1 wu2 qiu2 an1]] from the "Analects"

    食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek 饱 (literal) → 饱/飽 · bǎo · full

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

    created sense