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昂首阔步

áng shǒu kuò bùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
striding forward with head high (idiom) / to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3834ddcb91a5c696. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

昂首闊步 昂首阔步 [ang2 shou3 kuo4 bu4] /striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step/to strut/

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Other forms in these source records: 昂首闊步

  • 昂
    áng

    to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive

  • 首
    shǒu

    head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

  • 阔
    kuò

    rich / wide / broad

  • 步
    bù

    a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation

    Bù

    surname Bu

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.