安贫乐道 (安貧樂道)
ān pín lè dào
Pinyin

Definition

安贫乐道 (安貧樂道)
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ān pín lè dào
  1. to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
ān quán
  1. 1 safe
  2. 2 secure
  3. 3 safety
  4. 4 security
píng ān
  1. 1 safe and sound
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 without mishap
  4. 4 quiet and safe
  5. 5 at peace
zǎo ān
  1. 1 Good morning!
wǎn ān
  1. 1 Good night!
  2. 2 Good evening!

Idioms (20)

一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
  1. 1 to be discontented with one's home
  2. 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical