不動聲色
简 不动声色 · 繁 不動聲色Meanings
- not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected
- not batting an eyelid
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4–4–1–4 · bu4 dong4 sheng1 se4
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bat1 dung6 sing1 sik1
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- (idiomatic) to maintain one's composure; to stay calm and collected; to not turn a hair; to not bat an eyelid; to not show or betray one's feelings or intentions
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