jìng ér yuǎn zhī

Traditional: 敬而遠之

HSK 7–9

敬而远之 (jìng ér yuǎn zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance”.

Meanings

  1. 1to show respect from a distance (idiom)
  2. 2to remain at a respectful distance

Characters in 敬而远之

敬jìng · (bound form) respectful; to respect而ér · and远yuǎn · far之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

Related words

而and而且(not only ...) but also之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind永远forever远far远to distance oneself from (classical)之间(after a noun) between; among; amid而已that's all之一one of (sth)而是rather

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