泰然處之

Chinese

		calm; composed	a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (泰然處之)		泰然	處	之
simp. (泰然处之)		泰然	处	之

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàiránchǔzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄔㄨˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ jin⁴ cyu² zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàiránchǔzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄔㄨˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàiránchǔjhih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-jan²-chʻu³-chih¹
    • Yale: tài-rán-chǔ-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayranchuujy
    • Palladius: тайжаньчучжи (tajžanʹčučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ jin⁴ cyu² zi¹
    • Yale: taai yìhn chyú jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ jin⁴ tsy² dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ yin⁴ qu² ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ jiːn²¹ t͡sʰyː³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

泰然處之

1. to take things calmly; to handle the situation calmly

   • 聽了不正確的議論也不爭辯，甚至聽了反革命分子的話也不報告，泰然處之，行若無事。 [MSC, trad.]
     听了不正确的议论也不争辩，甚至听了反革命分子的话也不报告，泰然处之，行若无事。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對自由主義》 (Combat Liberalism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tīng le bù zhèngquè de yìlùn yě bù zhēngbiàn, shènzhì tīng le fǎngémìng fènzǐ de huà yě bù bàogào, tàiránchǔzhī, xíngruòwúshì. [Pinyin]

     To hear incorrect views without rebutting them and even to hear counter-revolutionary remarks without reporting them, but instead to take them calmly as if nothing had happened.