忍一時,風平浪靜. 讓一步, 海闊天空.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 忍 rěn
  1. to bear
  2. to endure
  3. to tolerate
  4. to restrain oneself
2 一時 yīshí
  1. a period of time
  2. a while
  3. for a short while
  4. temporary
  5. momentary
  6. at the same time
3 風平浪靜 fēngpínglàngjìng
  1. lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment
  2. all is quiet
  3. a dead calm (at sea)
4 讓 ràng
  1. to yield
  2. to permit
  3. to let sb do sth
  4. to have sb do sth
  5. to make sb (feel sad etc)
  6. by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)
5 一步 yībù one step; a single step
6 海闊天空 hǎikuòtiānkōng
  1. wide sea and sky (idiom); boundless open vistas
  2. the whole wide world
  3. chatting about everything under the sun