xiū yǎng
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他很有修养，从不轻易发火。
tā hěn yǒu xiūyǎng, cóng bù qīngyì fāhuǒ.
He is very well-mannered and never gets angry easily.
我们要提高自己的修养，做一个文明的人。
wǒmen yào tígāo zìjǐ de xiūyǎng, zuò yīgè wénmíng de rén.
We should improve our own cultivation and become civilized people.
这个人的修养很高，说话做事都很得体。
zhège rén de xiūyǎng hěn gāo, shuōhuà zuòshì dōu hěn détǐ.
This person is very well-cultivated and speaks and acts very appropriately.
涵养 (hán yǎng)
cultivation
素养 (sù yǎng)
quality
粗俗 (cū sú)
vulgar
野蛮 (yě mán)
barbaric
The Chinese word 修养 (xiūyǎng) is composed of two characters: 修 (xiū) and 养 (yǎng). The character 修 originally meant "to trim" or "to cut," but it later came to mean "to cultivate" or "to refine." The character 养 originally meant "to nourish" or "to feed," but it later came to mean "to cultivate" or "to develop." Together, the two characters 修养 mean "to cultivate oneself" or "to refine oneself." This term is often used in the context of moral cultivation or self-improvement. In Confucianism, for example, 修养 is considered to be an important aspect of becoming a君子(jūnzǐ), or a "superior person."
