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昂首挺胸

Mandarin · pinyin áng shǒu tǐng xiōng

head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
in fine mettle (of animal)

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昂: áng · rise, raise; proud, bold; upright
首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
挺: tǐng · to stand upright, straighten; rigid
胸: xiōng · breast, bosom, chest; thorax

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2–3–3–1 · ang2 shou3 ting3 xiong1

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ngong4 sau2 ting5 hung1 · ngong5 sau2 ting5 hung1

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