be neither friendly nor aloof
Ruo Li Ruo Ji, a Chinese idiom, means to keep a certain distance from people. It's from volume 10 of Lang Qian Ji Wen.
Analysis of Idioms
Ruo Ji Ruo Li
The origin of Idioms
The tenth volume of Lang Qian Ji Wen written by Chen Kangqi in Qing Dynasty: "generally speaking, the general constitution is stupid and upright, and Yue Yue drinks. Most of the scholars in the court are not full, but they are far away from the prime minister. At the same time, they try to restrain their sharp edges. At that time, they slander the prime minister and his students."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attributive and adverbial.
be neither friendly nor aloof
failure to put things away properly is inviting theft - màn cáng huì dào
discord between husband and wife - qín sè shī tiáo
quick flow of writer 's thoughts and imagination - tù qǐ hú luò
till my heart is weary , and my head aches - gān xīn shǒu jí
Cast a soldier in the face of adversity - lín nàn zhù bīng
Guess from the East and guess from the West - dōng cāi xī chuāi
suffer from both the outside and the inside - wài gǎn nèi shāng