貧賤不能移 [贫贱－－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. not shaken by poverty
  2. to preserve one's ambitions although destitute
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase
    to remain morally upright even when destitute
  2. proverb, neologism
    Poor people lack the chance to emigrate, thus suffer from the social problems in their home country more than rich people.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移。
    富貴不能淫，貧賤不能移。
    • Riches would not tempt him, poverty would not change him.