淡定
dàn dìng
Pinyin

Definition

淡定
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dàn dìng
  1. calm and collected
  2. unperturbed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī dìng
  1. 1 surely
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 necessarily
  4. 4 fixed
  5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6 given
  7. 7 particular
  8. 8 must
gǎo dìng
  1. 1 to fix
  2. 2 to settle
  3. 3 to wangle
jué dìng
  1. 1 to decide (to do something)
  2. 2 to resolve
  3. 3 decision
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 项 xiàng
  6. 6 certainly
dàn dìng
  1. 1 calm and collected
  2. 2 unperturbed
bǎng dìng
  1. 1 binding (loanword)
  2. 2 to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)

Idioms (20)

一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
  1. 1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
尘埃落定
chén āi luò dìng
  1. 1 lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get sorted out
  3. 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。
wǒ ne ,shízàishì xiǎng xiào ,kě yòu xiǎng gěi nán péngyou sùzào yī gè yǒu “shǎ bái tián ”nǚyǒu de xíngxiàng ,yúshì jiù dàndìng de jǔbēi guàn le yī dà kǒu shuǐ 。
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?
nǐ zěnme néng zhème dàndìng ne ,nǐ bù dānxīn nǐ jiā nà wèi jīnwūcángjiāo ā ?wǒmen de hūnyīn fǎ yǐjīng nàme kēngdiē le ,bù gěi diǎnr yúlùn yālì ,qǐbùshì gèng zhùcháng le chūguǐ nánrén de qìyàn ?
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?