Definition
涵养 refers to a person's cultivated inner quality — the ability to remain calm, patient, and tolerant under all circumstances. It's a positive character trait often used to describe someone who doesn't get angry easily and treats others with grace. As a noun, it's something you develop over time through self-cultivation (修养).
n.
self-restraintthe ability to remain calmpatientand tolerant in any situation
Examples
- 涵养，。Tā hěn yǒu hán yǎng, cóng bú duì biérén fā píqì.He has great self-restraint and never loses his temper at others.
- 涵养，。Yí ge rén yǒu méiyǒu hán yǎng, kàn tā duì xiǎo shì de tàidu jiù zhīdào le.Whether a person has self-restraint can be seen from their attitude toward small matters.
- 涵养。Dúshū kěyǐ zēngjiā rén de hán yǎng.Reading can increase a person's self-restraint.
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