昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
Pinyin

Definition

昂首挺胸
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áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. in fine mettle (of animal)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

挺
tǐng
  1. 1 straight
  2. 2 erect
  3. 3 to stick out (a part of the body)
  4. 4 to (physically) straighten up
  5. 5 to support
  6. 6 to withstand
  7. 7 outstanding
  8. 8 (coll.) quite
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 classifier for machine guns
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
力挺
lì tǐng
  1. 1 to support
  2. 2 to back
回首
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect

Idioms (20)

低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
心胸狭窄
xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi
  1. 1 narrow-minded (idiom); petty
  2. 2 ungenerous
捶胸顿足
chuí xiōng dùn zú
  1. 1 to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你看看那些看秀的美女，一个个昂首挺胸的像极了骄傲优雅的天鹅，这照片里，我在人群中怎么看都像是陪衬的山鸡，郁闷至极。
nǐ kàn kan nàxiē kàn xiù de měinǚ ，yīgègè ángshǒutǐngxiōng de xiàng jí le jiāoào yōuyǎ de tiān\'é ，zhè zhàopiàn lǐ ，wǒ zài rénqún zhōng zěnme kàn dōu xiàng shì péichèn de shānjī ，yùmèn zhì jí 。
Look at those pretty ladies watching the show, each one of them with their heads held high and their chests pushed out. They look really like proud graceful swans. In this photo, however you look at it, I'm the pheasant to their swans, it's so depressing.
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