Self restraint and prudence

Self restraint and prudence

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is k è J ǐ sh è nx í ng, which means to restrain yourself and do things carefully. It comes from the preface to the second part of sending Qi Fu.

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote the preface of sending Qi Fu to the lower part: "therefore, the people of the upper class are willing to choose friendship, so that they have no worries at the lower part; the people of the lower class are self disciplined and cautious, so that they have no doubts at the upper part."