劫富济贫 — Chinese idiom
劫富济贫
jié fù jì pín
Traditional: 劫富濟貧
Meaning
- to rob the rich to help the poor
Character by character
- 劫jiéto take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune
- 富fùabundant, ample; rich, wealthy
- 济jìto aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
- 贫pínpoor, needy, impoverished; lacking
Idioms sharing a character
- 劫后余生 jié hòu yú shēng
- 劫数难逃 jié shù nán táo
- 打家劫舍 dǎ jiā jié shè
- 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié
- 逃过一劫 táo guò yī jié
- 嫌贫爱富 xián pín ài fù
- 学富五车 xué fù wǔ chē
- 安富尊荣 ān fù zūn róng
- 安富恤穷 ān fù xù qióng
- 安富恤贫 ān fù xù pín
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