keep on good terms
It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī Tu á NH é Q ì, which describes an amiable attitude. It comes from Shangcai's quotations in volume three of Yiluo Yuanyuan Lu by Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty.
Phonetic materials
A harmonious atmosphere
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] amiable, affable and approachable [antonym] evil spirit and evil spirit, showing each other
The origin of Idioms
Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty quoted Shangcai's quotations in the third volume of Yiluo Yuanyuan Lu: "the way of Ming Dynasty sits all day, like clay shaping people, but it is a harmonious atmosphere to receive people."
Idiom usage
They are used as predicate, object and adverbial. Examples quotations of two Cheng (Volume 17): "Mr. Mingdao sits like a clay figure, and when he receives people, he is full of harmony. "Chapter 19 of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in the Ming Dynasty:" how can leader Wang be so narrow-minded when he treats people and things in a harmonious way? "Yu Shi Ming Yan volume 10: Teng Da Yin's ghost breaks his family's property": Fortunately, the Mei family is gentle and kind, so they are all at peace.
keep on good terms
be the same in appearance but different essentially - míng mào shí yì
advance by an inch but retreat by a foot -- to lose much more than what one gets - jǐn cùn tuì chǐ
goods overflow and people are happy - mín ān wù fù