沉着应战 — Chinese idiom
沉着应战
chén zhuó yìng zhàn
Traditional: 沉著應戰
Meaning
- to remain calm in the face of adversity
Character by character
- 沉chénto sink, to submerge; profound, deep
- 着zhuóto make a move, to take action
- 应yìngshould, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with,
- 战zhànwar, fighting, battle
Idioms sharing a character
- 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā
- 昏昏沉沉 hūn hūn chén chén
- 沉湎酒色 chén miǎn jiǔ sè
- 沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán
- 沉默是金 chén mò shì jīn
- 石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi
- 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu
- 雁杳鱼沉 yàn yǎo yú chén
- 鱼沉雁杳 yú chén yàn yǎo
- 棋高一着 qí gāo yī zhāo
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