To be extremely magnanimous, tolerant, and broad-minded; to have a very generous and accommodating spirit.
他总是乐于帮助别人，从不计较小事，真是宰相肚里好撑船。
He is always willing to help others and never bothers about trifles; he truly has a magnanimous heart.
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During the Ming Dynasty, Yang Gongfu from Yixing, a Dali Shaoqing (minor judicial official) in Nanjing, was renowned for his poetry.
His house servant frequently gathered duckweed from Xuanwu Lake to feed the pigs.
At that time, Zhang Wusian of the Censorate deemed this improper and dispatched his subordinates to Xuanwu Lake to put a stop to it.
Upon learning of this, Yang Gongfu composed a poem, which included the lines: "You cannot even tolerate a few specks of floating duckweed, how then can your stomach be large enough to sail a boat?"
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