joyous but not indecent

joyous but not indecent

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l è é RB ù y í n, which means to be happy but not excessive. It means to express emotion with restraint. From the Analects of Confucius, Bayi.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius in the pre Qin period, "Guan Ju is happy but not lewd, sad but not sad.".

Idiom usage

The expression of emotion is restrained. Examples: anger but not violence, resentment but not anger, sadness but not sorrow, pleasure but not lewdness, although poetry, but also a lesson. ---The second chapter of Lu Xun's outline of the history of Chinese Literature