君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚
Traditional form:
君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚
Pinyin (reading):
jūnzitǎndàngdàng,xiǎorénchángqīqī
Definitions:
- good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
Characters:
- 君 - sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open
- 荡 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
- 荡 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 人 - man, person; people
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 戚 - ashamed, grieving; related to; relative
- 戚 - ashamed, grieving; related to; relative
Traditional characters:
- 君 - sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 坦 - flat, level, smooth; candid, open
- 蕩 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
- 蕩 - pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 人 - man, person; people
- 長 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 戚 - ashamed, grieving; related to; relative
- 戚 - ashamed, grieving; related to; relative