淡泊明志 — Chinese idiom
淡泊明志
dàn bó míng zhì
Meaning
- living a simple life as one's ideal
Character by character
- 淡dànwatery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
- 泊bóto anchor; to moor
- 明míngbright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to record, to wri
Idioms sharing a character
- 平淡无奇 píng dàn wú qí
- 惨淡经营 cǎn dàn jīng yíng
- 淡妆浓抹 dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
- 淡泊名利 dàn bó míng lì
- 轻描淡写 qīng miáo dàn xiě
- 漂泊无依 piāo bó wú yī
- 鸾飘凤泊 luán piāo fèng bó
- 不明不白 bù míng bù bái
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 不言自明 bù yán zì míng
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