坦荡荡
tǎn​dàng​dàng

open-minded

  • created sense approved 坦荡荡/坦蕩蕩 · tǎn​dàng​dàng · open-minded — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坦荡荡 / 坦蕩蕩

    tǎn​dàng​dàng

    open-minded

    Magnanimous; open and aboveboard in behavior. From the [[论语|論語|lun2 yu3]], which says the noble person is open-minded while the petty person is always full of distress.

    坦 (literal) → 坦 · tǎn · straightforward 荡荡 (reduplication) → 荡/蕩 · dàng · vast

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense