"折腰" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
折腰	zhé yāo	to bend at the waist / to bow / (fig.) to bow to / to submit	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
为五斗米折腰為五斗米折腰	wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo	(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

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