Jiàn pín xiū xiào, fù xiū kuā; shéi shì cháng pín jiǔ fù jiā？

見貧休笑富休誇, 誰是常貧久富家？

Lit [If you] see poor [people] don't idly laugh; [if you are] rich, don't idly boast; whose family will be always poor or always rich?

Fig Don't laugh at the poor and don't boast of your wealth; no one will be poor or rich all his or her life.

Note [Rhyme.]

Topics BEHAVIOR LIFE POVERTY rhyme RICH WEALTH