昂首挺胸 |
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng |
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits / in fine mettle (of animal) |
昂 |
áng |
to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive |
昂首 |
áng shǒu |
head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) |
首 |
shǒu |
head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc |
挺 |
tǐng |
straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns |
胸 |
xiōng |
variant of 胸 |
胸 |
xiōng |
chest / bosom / heart / mind / thorax |