Conduct & Attitude
泰然自若
태연자약
tài rán zì ruò
Tae-yeon-ja-jak
泰
클 태
然
그럴 연
自
스스로 자
若
같을 약
Character by character
Meaning
Composed and unchanged even facing something momentous.
Origin
A classical phrase for someone whose expression does not shift in a crisis.
How it is used
Praise for keeping calm before an accident, an exam or a presentation.
Hanja泰然自若
Simplified泰然自若
Korean reading태연자약
Pinyintài rán zì ruò
Frequently asked questions
Q. What does Tae-yeon-ja-jak mean?
泰然自若 · Composed and unchanged even facing something momentous.
Q. Where does Tae-yeon-ja-jak come from?
A classical phrase for someone whose expression does not shift in a crisis.
Q. How is Tae-yeon-ja-jak used?
Praise for keeping calm before an accident, an exam or a presentation.
Idioms in the same group
有備無患 Yu-bi-mu-hwanIf you prepare in advance, there is nothing to worry about.易地思之 Yeok-ji-sa-jiThink about it after swapping places with the other person.初志一貫 Cho-ji-il-gwanCarry the resolve you started with all the way through, unchanged.名不虛傳 Myeong-bul-heo-jeonThe reputation was not passed on in vain — it lives up to the name.靑出於藍 Cheong-chul-eo-ramThe blue drawn from the indigo plant is bluer than the plant — the student surpasses the teacher.大器晩成 Dae-gi-man-seongA great vessel takes long to finish — those destined for greatness succeed late.
The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.