不慌不忙

bùhuāng-bùmáng

idiom #39,784

Meanings

1 calm and unhurried
2 composed and steady
3 without flustering

Characters

Examples

他不慌不忙地回答了所有问题。

Tā bùhuāngbùmáng de huídá le suǒyǒu wèntí.

He calmly and unhurriedly answered every question.

面对突发情况，她不慌不忙地处理。

Miànduì tūfā qíngkuàng, tā bùhuāngbùmáng dechǔ lǐ.

Facing the emergency, she handled it calmly and without flustering.

Tips

grammar

Pattern 不X不Y where X and Y are near-synonyms (慌 = panic, 忙 = rush). Means 'neither X nor Y' — a steady middle ground. Compare 不卑不亢, 不偏不倚.

Stroke Order

不 bù

慌 huāng

忙 máng