少安无躁

少安無躁
shǎo'ānwúzào
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 calm down a bit, don't be impatient
  2. 2 wait calmly

Examples

Qǐng dàjiā shǎo'ān wú zào, jiéguǒ mǎshàng jiù chūlái le.
Everyone, please be patient — the results will be out shortly.
Tā duì érzi shuō: "Shǎo'ān wú zào, shìqing huì yǒu jiějué de bànfǎ."
He said to his son, 'Calm down, there will be a way to solve this.'

Tips

usage
Variant of the more common (shǎo'ān wú zào) — here replaces with the same negating function. Often used to soothe an audience that is getting restless. Note: here means 'a little / briefly', not 'few'.
memory
Read it as 'Be a little calm (); don't () be impatient ()'. The structure is parallel: a positive instruction + a negative one.

Stroke Order

shǎo
ān
zào