敬鬼神而遠之

1. • 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
• 遠(yuǎn)far
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)