从容不迫
cóngróngbúpò
calm and unhurried; composed
Characters in this word
容 róng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 谷 valley, gorge, ravine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
迫 pò
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 白 white
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对记者的提问，他从容不迫地一一回答。 Miànduì jìzhě de tíwèn, tā cóngróngbúpò de yīyī huídá. Facing the reporter's questions, he answered them one by one, calmly and unhurriedly.
- 她从容不迫地走上讲台，开始了演讲。 Tā cóngróngbúpò de zǒu shàng jiǎngtái, kāishǐ le yǎnjiǎng. She walked calmly up to the podium and began her speech.
- 火车快开了，他却还从容不迫地整理行李。 Huǒchē kuài kāi le, tā què hái cóngróngbúpò de zhěnglǐ xíngli. The train was about to leave, yet he was still packing his luggage unhurriedly.
Related words
- 从 cóng from
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 从来 cónglái always; ever
- 从前 cóngqián in the past; long ago
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 自从 zìcóng since (from a time)
- 从此 cóngcǐ from then on
- 从而 cóng'ér thereby; as a result
- 从中 cóngzhōng from among them
- 服从 fúcóng to obey
- 从未 cóngwèi never, ever
- 从业 cóngyè to be employed, to work in a profession