胸怀 (胸懷)
xiōng huái
Pinyin

Definition

胸怀 (胸懷)
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xiōng huái
  1. one's bosom (the seat of emotions)
  2. breast
  3. broad-minded and open
  4. to think about
  5. to cherish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心胸
xīn xiōng
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 ambition
  4. 4 aspiration
胸
xiōng
  1. 1 variant: 胸 xiōng
胸口
xiōng kǒu
  1. 1 pit of the stomach
胸围
xiōng wéi
  1. 1 chest measurement
  2. 2 bust
胸怀
xiōng huái
  1. 1 one's bosom (the seat of emotions)
  2. 2 breast
  3. 3 broad-minded and open
  4. 4 to think about
  5. 5 to cherish

Idioms (13)

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)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)
义愤填胸
yì fèn tián xiōng
  1. 1 righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
胸怀坦荡
xiōng huái tǎn dàng
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
  3. 3 openhearted
  4. 4 unselfish
  5. 5 magnanimous
  6. 6 broad-minded

Sample Sentences

词末以人生如梦之叹，转樽酒敬江月为结，梦与江月皆属虚幻，孑然一身的孤独却又十分真实，人生境遇多苦，与其沉溺，不如放开胸怀、喝酒赏月，方不失洒脱。
cí mò yǐ rénshēng rú mèng zhī tàn ，zhuǎn zūnjiǔ jìng jiāngyuè wèi jié ，mèng yǔ jiāngyuè jiē shǔ xūhuàn ，jiérán yīshēn de gūdú què yòu shífēn zhēnshí ，rénshēng jìngyù duō kǔ ，yǔqí chénnì ，bùrú fàngkāi xiōnghuái 、hējiǔ shǎng yuè ，fāng bùshī sǎtuō 。
The poem ends with exasperation at how life is like a dream, and ends with a toast to the moon's reflection on the river. Both the dreams and the moon on the river's surface are illusory, the lonely solitude is quite real. Rather than wallowing in the pain of one's life circumstance, it's perhaps better to open one's mind, and drink while admiring the moon, letting go of all constraints.
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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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我敞开胸怀为你等待。
wǒ chǎngkāi xiōnghuái wèi nǐ děngdài 。
I open my heart up wide and wait for you
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那全是因为唐朝皇帝都很开放和自信，有胸怀！像李白那样什么话都敢说的诗人，要是在暴君当政的时候，脑袋被砍一千次都不止！
nà quán shì yīnwèi Tángcháo huángdì dōu hěn kāifàng hé zìxìn ，yǒu xiōnghuái ！xiàng Lǐ Bái nàyàng shénme huà dōu gǎnshuō de shīrén ，yàoshì zài bàojūn dāngzhèng de shíhou ，nǎodài bèi kǎn yī qiān cì dōu bùzhǐ ！
That's entirely because Tang dynasty emperors were very liberal and self-confident. They had a lot of heart! If a poet like Li Bai who dared to say anything had lived during a brutal military dictatorship, they would've chopped his head into thousands of little pieces!
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