在线词典

为五斗米折腰

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。

拼音

wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo

解释

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。

近义词

苟且偷生

英文释义

(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], 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