存心养性 — “To preserve one's innate innocence and cultivate a virtuous character”
存心养性 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to preserve one's innate innocence and cultivate a virtuous character”. To maintain a pure heart and nurture a good moral nature. Literally, “Preserve the heart and cultivate one's nature”.
存心养性 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- cún存wáng亡wēi危jí急zhī之qiū秋a make-or-break moment
- cún存wáng亡ān安wēi危survival, ruin, security, and peril
- cún存wáng亡wèi未bǔ卜fate unknown
- cún存wáng亡jué绝xù续at a critical juncture of survival or extinction
- cún存wáng亡jì继jué绝preserve the extant, revive the extinct
- cún存wáng亡xù续jué绝restore what is near extinction
- cún存shí十yī一yú于qiān千bǎi百few remain out of many
- cún存xīn心bù不liáng良to harbor evil intentions
- cún存xīn心jī积lǜ虑Harbor deep-seated intentions
- cún存ér而bù不yì议defer discussion without deliberation
- cún存ér而bù不lùn论reserve without discussing
- cún存róng荣méi没āi哀honored in life, mourned in death
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What does 存心养性 mean?
存心养性 (cún xīn yǎng xìng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to preserve one's innate innocence and cultivate a virtuous character”.
How do you pronounce 存心养性?
存心养性 is pronounced cún xīn yǎng xìng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 存心养性 literally mean?
Literally, 存心养性 means “Preserve the heart and cultivate one's nature”. It is used to mean “to preserve one's innate innocence and cultivate a virtuous character”.
What is the Chinese definition of 存心养性?
保存赤子之心，修养善良之性。旧时儒家宣扬的修养方法。