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Meaning of 但求无过

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但 dàn 求 qiú 无 wú 过 guò (Trad.: 但求無過)
only praying to commit no wrong (idiom)
Example Sentences
1
许多人的工作理念是
:
不求有功
,
但求无过
。
Many people' s philosophy with work is: no merits, no demerits.
2
他在工作上进取心不大
,
常常是不求有功
,
但求无过
。
He just did his job in a matter-of-fact way and was not to be interested in gaining merit, but only in avoiding making mistakes.
3
绝色无大德也
;
一如自然劳碌终日
,
但求无过
,
而无力之制成上品
。
Neither is it almost seen, that very beautiful persons are otherwise of great virtue; as if nature were rather busy, not to err, than in labor to produce excellency.
4
一幅哀悼胡耀邦的对联讽刺中共官场现象
:
「
不求有功但求无过万寿无疆
。
During Hu Yaobang's memorial, a couplet on the wall of the People's University lampooned the communist bureaucracy: "Seeking not accomplishment, but faults free, one shall achieve immortality";
5
小公司从前那种不求有功但求无过的发展思路
,
已经无法适应市场竞争的需要
。
That kind of color inside the lines mentality of development, previously seen in small companies, can no longer accommodate the requirements of market competition.