修身養性
xiū​shēn​yǎng​xìng

to cultivate one's character

  • created sense approved 修身养性/修身養性 · xiū​shēn​yǎng​xìng · to cultivate one's character — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    修身养性 / 修身養性

    xiū​shēn​yǎng​xìng

    to cultivate one's character

    to cultivate one's moral character and nurture one's spiritual or emotional temperament; to strive for self-improvement and inner peace

    修 (literal) → 修 · xiū · to cultivate 身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · conduct 养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to cultivate 性 (literal) → 性 · xìng · nature

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense