贫贱不移pín jiàn bù yíneither poverty nor lowly condition can make him swerve from principle; not change one’s ideal though one is in straitened and humble circumstances
❍ ～是这位学者的高尚情操。It constituted the scholar’s noble values not to change his ideal though he was in straitened and humble circumstances. 贫贱不移pín jiàn bù yí虽然很贫穷低贱，但有坚定的志向。比喻意志坚强。poor but with lofty ideals, poor but with high aspirations |