坦 tǎn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
坦然
tǎnrán
calm; composed
Characters in this word
然 rán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 肰 dog meat 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对质疑，他坦然承认判断失误，没有把责任推给下属。 Miànduì zhìyí, tā tǎnrán chéngrèn pànduàn shīwù, méiyǒu bǎ zérèn tuīgěi xiàshǔ. Facing doubts, he calmly admitted his error in judgement and did not shift responsibility onto his subordinates.
- 比赛输了，他依然坦然地祝贺对手取得胜利。 Bǐsài shū le, tā yīrán tǎnrán de zhùhè duìshǒu qǔdé shènglì. Though he lost the match, he still calmly congratulated his opponent on the victory.
- 谈起自己的失败经历，她显得十分坦然。 Tánqǐ zìjǐ de shībài jīnglì, tā xiǎnde shífēn tǎnrán. When talking about her own failures, she seemed completely at ease.
Related words
- 平坦 píngtǎn flat; even
- 坦白 tǎnbái frank; to confess
- 坦诚 tǎnchéng honest and open; frank
- 坦克 tǎnkè tank
- 坦率 tǎnshuài frank; candid
- 坦言 tǎnyán to state frankly; frank statement
- 大自然 dàzìrán nature
- 忽然 hūrán suddenly
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that
- 虽然 suīrán although
- 必然 bìrán inevitable; certain to happen
- 当然 dāngrán of course