不紧不慢

不緊不慢
bùjǐn-búmàn
idiom

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 6
Tā bùjǐn-búmàn de jiǎng zhe gùshi, dàjiā tīng de rùshén.
He told the story at an unhurried, steady pace, and everyone was absorbed.
HSK 7-9
Wúlùn duō máng, tā zǒngshì bùjǐn-búmàn, cóngróng-búpò.
No matter how busy, she is always unhurried and composed.

Tips

history
From Li Ruzhen's 《镜花缘》 (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 慢条斯理 (deliberate, sometimes annoyingly slow) and 磨磨蹭蹭 (dawdling, negative).

Stroke Order

jǐn
màn