襟怀坦白
jīn huái tǎn bái
Pinyin

Definition

襟怀坦白
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jīn huái tǎn bái
  1. open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. ingenuous
  3. openhearted
  4. unselfish
  5. magnanimous
  6. broad-minded

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
坦克
tǎn kè
  1. 1 tank (military vehicle) (loanword)
坦然
tǎn rán
  1. 1 calm
  2. 2 undisturbed
坦率
tǎn shuài
  1. 1 frank (discussion)
  2. 2 blunt
  3. 3 open
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
坦荡
tǎn dàng
  1. 1 magnanimous
  2. 2 broad and level
坦言
tǎn yán
  1. 1 to say candidly
  2. 2 to acknowledge frankly
坦诚
tǎn chéng
  1. 1 candid
  2. 2 frank
  3. 3 plain dealing
大白天
dà bái tiān
  1. 1 broad daylight
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
对白
duì bái
  1. 1 dialogue (in a movie or a play)
巴基斯坦
Bā jī sī tǎn
  1. 1 Pakistan
平坦
píng tǎn
  1. 1 level
  2. 2 even
  3. 3 smooth
  4. 4 flat

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
扼襟控咽
è jīn kòng yān
  1. 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
捉襟见肘
zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu
  1. 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
  2. 2 strapped for cash
  3. 3 unable to make ends meet
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
  1. 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
  1. 1 The path of learning can never be smooth.
  2. 2 There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
白旄黄钺
bái máo huáng yuè
  1. 1 white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
白眉赤眼
bái méi chì yǎn
  1. 1 for no reason (idiom)
白苋紫茄
bái xiàn zǐ qié
  1. 1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
  1. 1 to whistle down the wind
  2. 2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears

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