刚毅木讷 — Chinese idiom
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
Traditional: 剛毅木訥
Meaning
- resolute and taciturn
Character by character
- 刚gānghard, strong, tough; just, barely
- 毅yìdecisive, firm, resolute
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
- 讷nèinarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stammer
Idioms sharing a character
- 以柔克刚 yǐ róu kè gāng
- 刚愎自用 gāng bì zì yòng
- 刚柔并济 gāng róu bìng jì
- 血气方刚 xuè qì fāng gāng
- 金刚怒目 jīn gāng nù mù
- 一木难支 yī mù nán zhī
- 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
- 土木形骸 tǔ mù xíng hái
- 土牛木马 tǔ niú mù mǎ
- 山颓木坏 shān tuí mù huài
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