xiōng​zhōng​qiū​hè

to have a plan in mind

  • created sense approved 胸中丘壑 · xiōng​zhōng​qiū​hè · to have a plan in mind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    胸中丘壑

    xiōng​zhōng​qiū​hè

    to have a plan in mind

    Literally "mountains and valleys in the chest"; refers to having a well-thought-out plan or a clear vision for how to handle a situation before acting, originally used to describe a painter's preconceived mental preparation of a landscape.

    xiōng​zhōng​qiū​huò

    胸中 (literal) → 胸中 · xiōng​zhōng · one's mind 丘壑 (literal) → 丘壑 · qiū​hè · hills and valleys

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  • created sense approved 胸中丘壑 · xiōng​zhōng​qiū​hè · to be obstinate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    胸中丘壑

    xiōng​zhōng​qiū​hè

    to be obstinate

    To be stubborn or inflexible in one's notions or opinions

    xiōng​zhōng​qiū​huò

    胸中 (literal) → 胸中 · xiōng​zhōng · one's mind 丘壑 (literal) → 丘壑 · qiū​hè · hills and valleys

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

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