People die for money, birds die for food.

People die for money, birds die for food. The next sentence is harmony between husband and wife, harp and spring.

It means: In pursuit of money, people can even give up their lives. Birds would rather lose their lives for food

From: "Augmented Xianwen"

Original text:? People die for wealth, birds die for food; Harmony between husband and wife, harp and spring.

Interpretation: In pursuit of money, people can even give up their lives. Birds would rather lose their lives for food Husband and wife live in harmony, just like a harp and a spring.

Extended data:

Many people are familiar with the phrase "people die for wealth and birds die for food". Speaking of this sentence, I can immediately think of some corrupt officials who try their best to enjoy material things and finally ruin their bright future; And some criminals ignored the existence of the law and carried out various illegal and criminal activities, and finally sent themselves to the point of no return. This is a phenomenon that can be seen from the understanding that "people die for wealth and birds die for food".

From a deeper level, the phrase "people die for wealth, birds die for food" actually tells people a universal law: if human beings do not correctly face and handle the relationship between people and things according to the law, they will bring themselves all kinds of unexpected crises and disasters. Just like birds only see the existence of food in order to get food, but ignore all kinds of dangers.

In this way, we can understand why the last sentence of this sentence is set off by the understandable "birds die for food", just to warn people to pay attention to the importance of this sentence, because violating it is at the expense of life.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-People die for money, birds die for food.