坦承
tǎn chéng
Pinyin

Definition

坦承
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tǎn chéng
  1. to confess
  2. to admit
  3. to come clean
  4. calmly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tǎn rán
  1. 1 calm
  2. 2 undisturbed
chéng shòu
  1. 1 to bear
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to inherit
chéng dān
  1. 1 to undertake
  2. 2 to assume (responsibility etc)
chéng rèn
  1. 1 to admit
  2. 2 to concede
  3. 3 to recognize
  4. 4 recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc)
  5. 5 to acknowledge
chéng nuò
  1. 1 to promise
  2. 2 to undertake to do something
  3. 3 commitment

Idioms (9)

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
应天承运
yìng tiān chéng yùn
  1. 1 lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven
  2. 2 the Divine Right of kings
承上起下
chéng shàng qǐ xià
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
承前启后
chéng qián qǐ hòu
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
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)