泰然自若 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• cool and collected ; showing no sign of nerves
• perfectly composed

Character by character

• 泰tàigreat, exalted, superior; calm; big
• 然ráncertainly; naturally; suddenly
• 自zìself; private, personal; from
• 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar

Idioms sharing a character

• 不识泰山 bù shí Tài Shān
• 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē
• 否极泰来 pǐ jí tài lái
• 国泰民安 guó tài mín ān
• 泰山北斗 Tài shān Běi dǒu
• 泰然处之 tài rán chǔ zhī
• 重于泰山 zhòng yú Tài Shān
• 鸿毛泰山 hóng máo Tài Shān
• 鸿毛泰岱 hóng máo tài dài
• 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán

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