淡定
dàn dìng
Pinyin
Definition
淡定
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- calm and collected
- unperturbed
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surely
- 2 certainly
- 3 necessarily
- 4 fixed
- 5 a certain (extent etc)
- 6 given
- 7 particular
- 8 must
- 1 to fix
- 2 to settle
- 3 to wangle
- 1 calm and collected
- 2 unperturbed
- 1 binding (loanword)
- 2 to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
Idioms (20)
一言为定
- 1 (idiom) it's a deal
- 2 that's settled then
人定胜天
- 1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
君子之交淡如水
- 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
命中注定
- 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
- 2 destined
- 3 fated
尘埃落定
- 1 lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
- 2 fig. to get sorted out
- 3 to be finalized
Sample Sentences
我呢,实在是想笑,可又想给男朋友塑造一个有“傻白甜”女友的形象,于是就淡定地举杯灌了一大口水。
Me? I really felt like laughing, but I also wanted to give my boyfriend the image of having a naive, pretty and sweet-natured girlfriend, so I calmly held up my glass and swallowed a big mouthful of water.
你怎么能这么淡定呢,你不担心你家那位金屋藏娇啊?我们的婚姻法已经那么坑爹了,不给点舆论压力,岂不是更助长了出轨男人的气焰?
How can you be so calm? Aren't you worried about your husband taking a mistress? Our marriage law is already such a joke, so if there is no pressure from public opinion, wouldn't that just be more wind in the sails of cheating men?