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安贫乐道

ān pín lè dào

4-character word Traditional 安貧樂道

What 安贫乐道 means

1. to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)

The characters in 安贫乐道

• 安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health
• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 乐lèhappy; cheerful; to laugh
• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…

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