胸
有
成
竹

(idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind in Chinese: 胸有成竹 (xiōng yǒu chéng zhú)

xiōng yǒu chéng zhú

(idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind

Stroke order

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胸
有
成
竹

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄒㄩㄥ

xiōng

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄧㄡˇ

yǒu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄔㄥˊ

chéng

ㄔ/ chㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄓㄨˊ

zhú

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 面对考试，他胸有成竹，一点也不紧张。

    miàn duì kǎo shì， tā xiōng yǒu chéng zhú， yì diǎn yě bù jǐn zhāng。

    Facing the exam, he was fully confident and not at all nervous.

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Related words

有

yǒu

to have

胸

xiōng

chest

成

chéng

to succeed

成绩

chéng jì

achievement

完成

wán chéng

to complete

有名

yǒu míng

famous

成功

chéng gōng

success

成熟

chéng shú

mature

成为

chéng wéi

to become

所有

suǒ yǒu

all

养成

yǎng chéng

to cultivate

有趣

yǒu qù

interesting

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