敬鬼神而远之 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 敬鬼神而遠之 jìngguǐshénéryuǎnzhī ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣˊ ㄦˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄓ to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom) to remain at a respectful distance Character by character 敬(jìng)respectful 鬼(guǐ)disembodied spirit 神(shén)God 而(ér)and 远(yuǎn)far 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de) A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0