ān xián zì dédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)
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Original source entry:

安閑自得 安闲自得 [an1 xian2 zi4 de2] /feeling comfortably at ease (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 安閑自得

  • 安
    ān

    (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[ān yú]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[ān péi])

    Ān

    surname An

  • 闲
    xián

    enclosure / (variant of 閒|闲[xián]) idle / unoccupied / leisure / idle

  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 得
    dé

    to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

    dè

    used in 得瑟[dè se]

    de

    structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

    děi

    to have to / must / ought to / to need to

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