四平八稳 — Chinese idiom
四平八稳
sì píng bā wěn
Traditional: 四平八穩
Meaning
- everything steady and stable ; overcautious and unimaginary
Character by character
- 四sìfour
- 平píngflat, level, even; peaceful
- 八bāeight; all around, all sides
- 稳wěnsteady, stable; solid, firm
Idioms sharing a character
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
- 不三不四 bù sān bù sì
- 危机四伏 wēi jī sì fú
- 名扬四海 míng yáng sì hǎi
- 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng
- 四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā
- 四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè
- 四大皆空 sì dà jiē kōng
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 四海为家 sì hǎi wéi jiā
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