怡情理性 yíqínglǐxìng to nurture the spirit Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 怡 yí to gladden; to make happy to make happy; to please; to delight (e.g. in 怡情悦性 yíqíngyuèxìng)情 qíng nounaffix feeling (bound form) feeling; emotion; sentiment; affection; as in 感情 gǎnqíng or 心情 xīnqíng理性 lǐxìng reason the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic