宁静致远 — Chinese idiom
宁静致远
níng jìng zhì yuǎn
Traditional: 寧靜致遠
Meaning
- tranquility yields transcendence ; quiet life of profound study
- cf Still waters run deep.
Character by character
- 宁níngcalm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
- 静jìngstill, quiet, motionless, gentle
- 致zhìto send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequ
- 远yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
Idioms sharing a character
- 宁死不屈 nìng sǐ bù qū
- 宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn
- 息事宁人 xī shì níng rén
- 鸡犬不宁 jī quǎn bù níng
- 夜深人静 yè shēn rén jìng
- 夜阑人静 yè lán rén jìng
- 更深人静 gēng shēn rén jìng
- 风平浪静 fēng píng làng jìng
- 风恬浪静 fēng tián làng jìng
- 别无二致 bié wú èr zhì
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