修心养性 — Chinese idiom
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
Traditional: 修心養性
Meaning
- to cultivate the heart and nurture the character ; to improve oneself by meditation
Character by character
- 修xiūto study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 养yǎngto raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 性xìngsex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb t
Idioms sharing a character
- 不修边幅 bù xiū biān fú
- 年久失修 nián jiǔ shī xiū
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
- 人心惶惶 rén xīn huáng huáng
- 人心难测 rén xīn nán cè
- 人面兽心 rén miàn shòu xīn
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