胸怀坦荡 — Chinese idiom
胸怀坦荡
xiōng huái tǎn dàng
Traditional: 胸懷坦蕩
Meaning
- open and candid ; not hiding anything
- ingenuous
- openhearted
- unselfish
- magnanimous
- broad-minded
Character by character
- 胸xiōngbreast, bosom; heart, mind
- 怀huáibosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
- 坦tǎnflat, level, smooth; candid, open
- 荡dàngpond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe o
Idioms sharing a character
- 了然于胸 liǎo rán yú xiōng
- 心胸狭窄 xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi
- 捶胸顿足 chuí xiōng dùn zú
- 昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
- 义愤填胸 yì fèn tián xiōng
- 胸有城府 xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
- 胸有成略 xiōng yǒu chéng lüè
- 胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
- 胸有成算 xiōng yǒu chéng suàn
- 胸无城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ
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