zen

zen, serein

Très calme, sans inquiétude, et capable de comprendre ou de gérer les choses avec sagesse.

En anglais simple : Very calm, free from worry, and able to understand or handle things wisely.

• She seems very zen today.
• He stayed zen while everyone else panicked.
• I wish I could be so zen about delays.

Synonymes : calm, relaxed, serene

Contraires : anxious

Expressions courantes : feel zen, a zen attitude, stay zen

zen

Manière de faire fondée sur la simplicité et l’intuition plutôt que sur des plans détaillés ou des objectifs fixes.

En anglais simple : An approach to an activity based on simplicity and a natural understanding rather than detailed plans or fixed goals.

• He calls his approach the zen of cooking.
• The zen of painting means trusting your hand and letting go.
• She found a kind of zen in making bread without a recipe.

Comment l'utiliser : the zen of something (She wrote about the zen of gardening.)

Synonymes : tao

Expressions courantes : the zen of cooking, the zen of gardening