不紧不慢

不緊不慢
bùjǐnbùmàn
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 neither hurried nor slow
  2. 2 at a leisurely, steady pace
  3. 3 unhurried

Examples

Tā bùjǐnbùmàn de jiǎngzhe gùshi, dàjiā tīng de rùshén.
He told the story at an unhurried, steady pace, and everyone was absorbed.
Wúlùn duō máng, tā zǒngshì bùjǐnbùmàn, cóngróngbùpò.
No matter how busy, she is always unhurried and composed.

Tips

history
From Li Ruzhen's 《》 (Qing dynasty novel), chapter 19: a comic sequence where every pace — fast, slow, in-between — is somehow wrong. The phrase describes a deliberate middle tempo.
usage
Usually positive — implies composure and control. Compare with (deliberate, sometimes annoyingly slow) and 磨蹭 (dawdling, negative).

Stroke Order

jǐn
màn