坦承
tǎn chéng
Pinyin
Definition
坦承
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- to confess
- to admit
- to come clean
- calmly
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
一脉相承
- 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
应天承运
- 1 lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven
- 2 the Divine Right of kings
承上起下
- 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
承前启后
- 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
- 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
求学无坦途
- 1 The path of learning can never be smooth.
- 2 There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)