Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「安貧樂道」, explained here.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「安貧樂道」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
Be content with poverty and take pleasure in sticking to your beliefs. The way of conduct in society advocated by the scholars and officials in ancient times.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
ān pín lè dào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
on1 pan4 lok6/ngok6 dou6
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