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为五斗米折腰 wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo 一般成语
基本语法情感出处
allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜Táo Qián；who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate；fig. to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary五斗米：晋代县令的俸禄，后指微薄的俸禄；折腰：弯腰行礼，指屈身于人。为了微薄的俸禄而弯腰行礼。比喻没有骨气。繁体為五鬥米摺腰近义苟且偷生变体爲五斗米折腰偏正式：作谓语；定语；用于处事；含贬义。《晋书·陶潜传》：“吾不能为五斗米折腰，拳拳事乡里小人邪。” |