勤则不匮 — Chinese idiom
勤则不匮
qín zé bù kuì
Traditional: 勤則不匱
Meaning
- If one is industrious, one will not be in want.
Character by character
- 勤qínindustrious, diligent, attentive
- 则zérule, law, regulation; grades
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 匮kuìto lack; lacking, deficient; exhausted; empty
Idioms sharing a character
- 克勤克俭 kè qín kè jiǎn
- 勤俭节约 qín jiǎn jié yuē
- 勤能补拙 qín néng bǔ zhuō
- 天道酬勤 tiān dào chóu qín
- 将勤补拙 jiāng qín bǔ zhuō
- 业精于勤 yè jīng yú qín
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 穷则思变 qióng zé sī biàn
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
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