📖 Meaning
When faced with difficulties, taking a calm and unhurried approach leads to a satisfactory resolution. The idiom emphasizes that patience and composure—rather than haste—are the keys to handling affairs successfully.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from the Qing dynasty novel 'Ernü Yingxiong Zhuan' (《儿女英雄传》) by Wen Kang (文康). In Chapter 7, a character urges another to stop crying and cursing, saying '事款则圆'—meaning that taking things slowly will lead to a smooth resolution. The phrase appears again in Chapter 25, where it is used to counsel patience, reinforcing that some matters cannot be rushed. The word 款 (kuǎn) in this context means 'relaxed' or 'unhurried.'
💡 Example Usage
别着急，事款则圆，我们一步步来解决。
Don't be anxious—take it slow and things will work out; let's resolve this step by step.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 事款则圆
- Pinyin: shì kuǎn zé yuán
- Literal Translation: matter, relaxed, then,圆满
- Category: Method
- Characters: 4