粵

涵haam4養joeng5

simp涵养
haam4 joeng5hán yǎng

English

  1. to cultivate (personal qualities)
  2. (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
  3. self-restraint; especially the ability to control and conceal one's emotion

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 身心嘅修養;尤其指控制、隱藏情緒嘅能力

Examples

  • 逆境顺境看襟度,临喜临怒看涵养。

    Adversity and prosperity reveal one's breadth of mind; joy and anger test one's self-restraint.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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