理直气壮 — Chinese idiom
理直气壮
lǐ zhí qì zhuàng
Traditional: 理直氣壯
Meaning
- in the right and self-confident ; bold and confident with justice on one's side
- to have the courage of one's convictions
- just and forceful
Character by character
- 理lǐscience, reason, logic; to manage
- 直zhístraight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
- 壮zhuàngbig, large; robust, strong; the name of a tribe
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 不理不睬 bù lǐ bù cǎi
- 伤天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ
- 入情入理 rù qíng rù lǐ
- 合情合理 hé qíng hé lǐ
- 喜结连理 xǐ jié lián lǐ
- 丧天害理 sàng tiān hài lǐ
- 坐视不理 zuò shì bù lǐ
- 天理难容 tiān lǐ nán róng
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