襟怀 (襟懷)
jīn huái
Pinyin
Definition
襟怀 (襟懷)
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- bosom (the seat of emotions)
- one's mind
Character Decomposition
Related Words (11)
- 1 lapel of jacket
- 2 heart
- 3 aspiration
- 4 vision
- 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- 2 strapped for cash
- 3 unable to make ends meet
- 1 the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket
- 2 lapel
- 1 bosom (the seat of emotions)
- 2 one's mind
- 1 buttoned Chinese tunic
- 2 unbuttoned (to cool down)
Idioms (4)
扼襟控咽
- 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
捉襟见肘
- 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- 2 strapped for cash
- 3 unable to make ends meet
正襟危坐
- 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
襟怀坦白
- 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
- 2 ingenuous
- 3 openhearted
- 4 unselfish
- 5 magnanimous
- 6 broad-minded