Slow down

Slow down

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m à NTI á OS à L à. It means to speak and do things in an orderly way and without hurry. Now it also describes to speak and do things slowly and without hurry. It's from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua written by Xiaosheng, Lanling, Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as an attributive or adverbial

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: leisurely, leisurely, leisurely

The origin of Idioms

The 11th chapter of "Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" written by Ming Lanling Xiaosheng: "you ask him, I was still in the kitchen when I went, waiting for him to be polite before I could make face."

Idiom explanation

It means to speak and do things in an orderly way. Now also describes speaking and doing things slowly, not in a hurry. Same as "slow down".