泰然处之 — Chinese idiom
泰然处之
tài rán chǔ zhī
Traditional: 泰然處之
Meaning
- to handle the situation calmly
- unruffled
- to treat the situation lightly
Character by character
- 泰tàigreat, exalted, superior; calm; big
- 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
- 处chǔto reside at, to live in; place, locale; departmen
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
Idioms sharing a character
- 不识泰山 bù shí Tài Shān
- 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē
- 否极泰来 pǐ jí tài lái
- 国泰民安 guó tài mín ān
- 泰山北斗 Tài shān Běi dǒu
- 泰然自若 tài rán zì ruò
- 重于泰山 zhòng yú Tài Shān
- 鸿毛泰山 hóng máo Tài Shān
- 鸿毛泰岱 hóng máo tài dài
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
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