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五斗米道
Wǔ dǒu mǐ Dào
  1. 1.Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement)
  2. 2.Way of the Celestial Master
为五斗米折腰為五斗米折腰
wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo
  1. 1.(allusion to Tao Qian 陶潜[Táo Qián], 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)
  2. 2.(fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary