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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「甘貧守分」. Its meaning and application are provided below.

Willing to be poor: willing to be poor. Keep one’s place: Keep one’s place, don’t think of extravagant things, don’t do extravagant things. Be willing to endure poverty and fulfill your duties.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gān pín shǒu fèn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gam1 pan4 sau2 fan1

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