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 rén wèi cái sǐ niǎo wèi shí wáng

人為財死鳥為食亡 is a Chinese proverb that literally states that human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food.

Figuratively it means that man will do anything in his means to become rich. Personally, I think dying for food is a more noble cause.

Often translated as “Men die in pursuit of wealth, birds die in pursuit of food. The 人 in this proverb just means human, so “men” is a placeholder for human with that translation - an English language problem that we have no easy gender-neutral nouns.

This proverb is meant to serve as a warning about the follies of greed.

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Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Men Die for Wealth, Birds Die for Food	人為財死鳥為食亡 人为财死鸟为食亡		rén wèi cái sǐ niǎo wèi shí wáng ren2 wei4 cai2 si3 niao3 wei4 shi2 wang2 ren wei cai si niao wei shi wang	jen wei ts`ai ssu niao wei shih wang jen wei tsai ssu niao wei shih wang
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.

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