不患寡而患不均 bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn

care about fairness, not lack of things

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)

Characters

Character Meaning
not; no; (negative prefix)
to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); worry
few; scant; widowed
and; but (not); (indicates contrast)
to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); worry
not; no; (negative prefix)
all; equal; even