good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
trad. 君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚
Also written 君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚【jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qī】
Characters in this word
8君
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monarch, lord, gentleman, ruler
- Pinyin
- jūn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4457 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
坦
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flat, open-hearted, level, smooth
- Pinyin
- tǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 7847 of 2500
荡
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variant of 蕩|荡[dang4]
- Pinyin
- dàng
- Traditional
- 盪
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 14826 of 2500
小
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small, tiny, few, young
- Pinyin
- xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 245 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
长
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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 長
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1042 of 2500
戚
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variant of 戚[qi1], grief, sorrow
- Pinyin
- qī
- Traditional
- 慼
- Strokes
- 11