📖 Meaning
A dialectal expression meaning to give or use everything one has, regardless of whether it amounts to much or little. It conveys holding nothing back and pouring out all of one's possessions or resources.
📜 Origin Story
This is a regional dialect expression without a specific literary origin in classical texts. In the dialect, the character 俠 functions as a vernacular variant of 尽 (jǐn, 'to exhaust' or 'fully'), and the 'X多X少' construction means 'whether much or little, all of it.' It reflects the colloquial speech of certain Chinese dialect regions rather than a story tied to a particular dynasty or historical figure.
💡 Example Usage
老李俠多俠少把积蓄全给了儿子买房。
Old Li gave all his savings, every last bit of it, to his son to buy a house.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 俠多俠少
- Pinyin: jǐn duō jǐn shǎo
- Literal Translation: exhaust much, exhaust little
- Category: Attitude
- Characters: 4