# 敬而远之 (jìng'éryuǎnzhī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 敬而远之 (jìng'éryuǎnzhī) means “to keep at arm's length”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to keep at arm's length
- Pinyin: jìng'éryuǎnzhī (jing4 er2 yuan3 zhi1)
- Traditional: 敬而遠之
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 大家都对他敬而远之。
  Dàjiā dōu duì tā jìng'éryuǎnzhī.
  Everyone keeps him at a polite distance.

## Characters

- [敬](https://hanziro.com/word/jing-respect/) (jìng): to respect; to offer politely
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- [远](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-far/) (yuǎn): far; distant
- [之](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-possessive-marker/) (zhī): (particle) possessive marker; him, her, it

https://hanziro.com/word/jing-er-yuan-zhi-keep-at-arms/

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