穷当益坚
穷当益坚
qióng dāng yì jiān
poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined; the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
idiom
Traditional: 窮當益堅
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- (idiom) poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
- the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
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一不做，二不休(yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū)· don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
→一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)· lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
→一个萝卜一个坑(yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng)· lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
→一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)· lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
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