襟怀夷旷
jīn huái yí kuàng
Pinyin

Definition

襟怀夷旷
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jīn huái yí kuàng
  1. broad-minded

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
胸襟
xiōng jīn
  1. 1 lapel of jacket
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 aspiration
  4. 4 vision
匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
  1. 1 unimaginable
  2. 2 outrageous
  3. 3 freakish
夏威夷果
Xià wēi yí guǒ
  1. 1 macadamia nut
夷
yí
  1. 1 non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2 barbarians
  3. 3 to wipe out
  4. 4 to exterminate
  5. 5 to tear down
  6. 6 to raze
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
武夷山
Wǔ yí shān
  1. 1 Mt Wuyi in Fujian
  2. 2 Wuyishan nature reserve
  3. 3 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
衣襟
yī jīn
  1. 1 the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket
  2. 2 lapel
襟怀
jīn huái
  1. 1 bosom (the seat of emotions)
  2. 2 one's mind
鄙夷
bǐ yí
  1. 1 to despise
  2. 2 to look down upon
  3. 3 despicable
开襟
kāi jīn
  1. 1 buttoned Chinese tunic
  2. 2 unbuttoned (to cool down)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
夷平
yí píng
  1. 1 to level
  2. 2 to raze to the ground
夷陵
Yí líng
  1. 1 Yiling (barbarian mound), historical place name in Yichang county 宜昌縣|宜昌县 Hubei, first mentioned in history (after its destruction by Qin) as burial place of the former Chu kings
  2. 2 Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yí chāng shì], Hubei
对襟
duì jīn
  1. 1 buttoned Chinese jacket
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
攘夷
rǎng yí
  1. 1 to repel the barbarians
东夷
Dōng yí
  1. 1 Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
武夷山市
Wǔ yí shān shì
  1. 1 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
蛮夷
mán yí
  1. 1 common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory
  2. 2 barbarian

Idioms (7)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
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
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
  1. 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
襟怀坦白
jīn huái tǎn bái
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
  3. 3 openhearted
  4. 4 unselfish
  5. 5 magnanimous
  6. 6 broad-minded

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