at a distance(jìng ér yuǎn zhī)

at a distance

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì ng é Ryu ǎ nzh ī, which shows respect but is reluctant to approach. From the Analects of Confucius Yongye.

Idiom usage

I'm afraid I don't want to get close to you.

Examples

1. If you meet such people, stay away from them, so as not to kill yourself. Confucius means that we can believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, but we should keep a sense of awe. We should not understand it as usual, and we should not be too close to each other. The eleventh chapter of Liu e's Lao Can's travels in Qing Dynasty

2. Lao She's four generations in the same hall: "the hands and feet are very powerful. They all bow to him and stay away."

Analysis of Idioms

Respect as if God, be as if you are away from me

[antonym] approachable, amiable and friendly

The origin of Idioms

To serve the people is to respect ghosts and gods. The Analects of Confucius Yongye

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Confucius believed that benevolence included courtesy, leniency, faith, sensitivity, benevolence, wisdom, bravery, loyalty, forgiveness, filial piety and fraternity. The methods of implementation were "do not do to others what you do not want" and "do to others what you want to do, and do to others what you want to achieve". When fan Chi, a student, asked how to be wise, Confucius said, "to serve the people, to respect ghosts and gods, is to know."

Chinese PinYin : jìng ér yuǎn zhī