寧靜致遠 níng jìng zhì yuǎn

stay calm to achieve great goals

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. tranquility yields transcendence (idiom); quiet life of profound study
  2. 2. cf Still waters run deep.

Characters

Character Meaning
寧 níng
peaceful; surname Ning
靜 jìng
quiet; calm; still
致 zhì HSK 5
to cause; to send; to deliver
遠 yuǎn
far; distant; remote