慷慨
kāng kǎi
Pinyin

Definition

慷慨
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kāng kǎi
  1. vehement
  2. fervent
  3. generous
  4. giving
  5. liberal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

感慨
gǎn kǎi
  1. 1 to sigh with sorrow, regret etc
  2. 2 rueful
  3. 3 deeply moved
慷慨
kāng kǎi
  1. 1 vehement
  2. 2 fervent
  3. 3 generous
  4. 4 giving
  5. 5 liberal
慨
kǎi
  1. 1 old variant of 慨[kǎi]
  2. 2 to sigh (with emotion)
慨叹
kǎi tàn
  1. 1 to sigh with regret
  2. 2 lament
慷慨激昂
kāng kǎi jī áng
  1. 1 impassioned
  2. 2 vehement

Idioms (4)

慷慨捐生
kāng kǎi juān shēng
  1. 1 sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
慷慨解囊
kāng kǎi jiě náng
  1. 1 to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money
  2. 2 to give generously to charity
慷慨赴义
kāng kǎi fù yì
  1. 1 heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
慷慨输将
kāng kǎi shū jiāng
  1. 1 to donate generously (idiom)

Sample Sentences

有猛虎，才能创造慷慨悲歌的英雄事业；涵蔓耿介拔俗的志士胸怀，才能做到孟郊所谓的“镜破不改光，兰死不改香”！
yǒu měng hǔ ，cáinéng chuàngzào kāngkǎibēigē de yīngxióng shìyè ；hánmàn gěngjiè bású de zhìshì xiōnghuái ，cáinéng zuò dào Mèng Jiāo suǒwèi de “jìng pò bù gǎi guāng ，lán sǐ bù gǎi xiāng ”！
Only with a tiger in one's heart can one bring about a solemn and tragic heroic undertaking; only with an idealistic heart brimming with uprightness and justness can one accomplish what Meng Jiao referred to with the lines "Even a broken mirror doesn't lose its sheen; even when an orchid withers, it doesn't lose its fragrance".
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