襟懷坦白

Chinese

		bosom, heart	honest; frank; candid honest; frank; candid; straightforward; to own up; confess
trad. (襟懷坦白)		襟懷	坦白
simp. (襟怀坦白)		襟怀	坦白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnhuáitǎnbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kam¹ waai⁴ taan² baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnhuáitǎnbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄊㄢˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinhuáitǎnbái
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-huai²-tʻan³-pai²
    • Yale: jīn-hwái-tǎn-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinhwaitaanbair
    • Palladius: цзиньхуайтаньбай (czinʹxuajtanʹbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ tʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kam¹ waai⁴ taan² baak⁶
    • Yale: kām wàaih táan baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kam¹ waai⁴ taan² baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kem¹ wai⁴ tan² bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐm⁵⁵ waːi̯²¹ tʰaːn³⁵ paːk̚²/

Idiom

襟懷坦白

1. to have largeness of mind; to be magnanimous and unselfish

   • 一個共產黨員，應該是襟懷坦白，忠實，積極，以革命利益為第一生命，以個人利益服從革命利益。 [MSC, trad.]
     一个共产党员，应该是襟怀坦白，忠实，积极，以革命利益为第一生命，以个人利益服从革命利益。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《反對自由主義》 (Combat Liberalism), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīge Gòngchǎndǎngyuán, yīnggāi shì jīnhuáitǎnbái, zhōngshí, jījí, yǐ gémìng lìyì wéi dìyī shēngmìng, yǐ gèrén lìyì fúcóng gémìng lìyì. [Pinyin]

     A Communist should have largeness of mind and should be staunch and active, looking upon the interests of the revolution as their very life and subordinating their personal interests to those of the revolution.