重义轻财

重義輕財
zhòngyìqīngcái

to value righteousness over money

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 重 chóng
  1. to repeat
  2. repetition
  3. again
  4. re-
  5. classifier: layer
=1 重 zhòng
  1. heavy
  2. serious
  3. to attach importance to
=2 义 Yì
  1. surname Yi
  2. (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利 Yìdàlì)
=2 义 yì
  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. meaning
  4. foster (father etc)
  5. adopted
  6. artificial (tooth, limb etc)
  7. relationship
  8. friendship
=2 义 chà
  1. alternative form of 岔 (chà, “diverge, branch off; fork in the road”)
  2. alternative form of 杈 (chà, “fork of a branch”)
3 轻 qīng
  1. light
  2. easy
  3. gentle
  4. soft
  5. reckless
  6. unimportant
  7. frivolous
  8. small in number
  9. unstressed
  10. neutral
  11. to disparage
4 财 cái
  1. money
  2. wealth
  3. riches
  4. property
  5. valuables