坦荡

坦蕩

tǎndàng

adjective #35,153

Meanings

1 magnanimous
2 open and aboveboard (of character)
3 broad and level (of terrain)

Characters

level / open / candid

vast / sweeping

Examples

他为人坦荡，从不背后说人坏话。

Tā wéirén tǎndàng, cóng bù bèihòu shuō rén huàihuà.

He's an aboveboard person and never speaks ill of others behind their backs.

草原一片坦荡，望不到尽头。

Cǎoyuán yīpiàn tǎndàng, wàng bù dào jìntóu.

The grasslands stretched broad and level as far as the eye could see.

Tips

culture

Often paired in 心胸坦荡 (xīnxiōng tǎndàng) 'broad-hearted and open' or in the Confucian classic 《论语》: 君子坦荡荡 — 'a gentleman is open and at ease.' It names a moral quality, not just a personality trait.

Stroke Order

坦 tǎn

荡 dàng