honest poverty

• 清贫

honest poverty的用法和样例：

例句

1. He prefers honest poverty to a high position obtained by questionable means.
   他宁愿清贫不苟且，不愿钻营以谋高官厚禄。
2. Honest poverty is a gem that even a king may be proud to call his own, but I wish to sell out.
   清贫，是连帝王也可能会指之为己物来引以为荣的一粒宝石，但我则情愿待价而沽之。