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鸥鸟忘机
ōu​niǎo​wàng​jī

inner peace and detachment

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鸥鸟忘机 鷗鳥忘機 ōu​niǎo​wàng​jī
inner peace and detachment
to be free from worldly cunning and in harmony with nature; derived from a story of a boy who could play with gulls until his father asked him to catch one, causing the birds to sense his ulterior motive and fly away

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Synonym

  • 鸥鹭忘机 ōu​lù​wàng​jī