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not; no
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misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease) |
few; widowed
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and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease) |
uneven; unequal
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Etymology
From the Analects, Book 16 (《論語·季氏》):
孔子曰：「……丘也聞有國有家者，不患寡而患不均，不患貧而患不安。……」
孔子曰：「……丘也闻有国有家者，不患寡而患不均，不患贫而患不安。……」 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Kǒng Zǐ yuē: “...... Qiū yě wén yǒu guó yǒu jiā zhě, bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bùjūn, bù huàn pín ér huàn bù'ān.......”
- Confucius said. "… I have heard that rulers of states and chiefs of families are not troubled lest their people should be few, but are troubled lest they should not keep their several places; that they are not troubled with fears of poverty, but are troubled with fears of a want of contented repose among the people in their several places. …"
Pronunciation
Proverb
不患寡而患不均
- (of money, wealth etc.) Do not worry if there is not enough to go around, only worry if it is not evenly distributed (among the people).