平心静气 (píng xīn jìng qì) — calmly, dispassionately; to keep one's cool

Definition

Examples

• 遇到这种突发情况，你一定要平心静气地分析问题。
  Yù dào zhè zhǒng tū fā qíng kuàng, nǐ yí dìng yào píng xīn jìng qì dì fēn xī wèn tí.
  When faced with this kind of emergency, you must analyze the problem calmly.
• 他总能平心静气地听取不同意见，从不急躁。
  Tā zǒng néng píng xīn jìng qì dì tīng qǔ bù tóng yì jiàn, cóng bù jí zào.
  He can always listen to different opinions dispassionately, never getting impatient.
• 与其争吵，不如平心静气地坐下来好好谈。
  Yǔ qí zhēng chǎo, bù rú píng xīn jìng qì dì zuò xià lái hǎo hǎo tán.
  Instead of arguing, it's better to sit down and talk calmly.