tǎn

flat

open-hearted; level; smooth

earth (土) + phonetic (旦) = flat, level ground

土 grounds the meaning in literal earth — flat, level ground you can walk across without obstruction. 旦 mainly contributes the tǎn sound and does not add semantic weight here.

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白地说出了自己的错误。

tā tǎn bái de shuō chū le zì jǐ de cuò wù 。

He openly admitted his own mistake.

面对困难,她心里然,没有一点害怕。

miàn duì kùn nán , tā xīn lǐ tǎn rán , méi yǒu yī diǎn hài pà 。

Facing difficulty, she felt calm and at ease inside, without any fear.

Words with 坦

约坦

yuē tǎn

Jotham (son of Uzziah)

顺坦

shùn tan

smoothly

伊斯坦堡

yī sī tǎn bǎo

(Tw) Istanbul

伊斯坦布尔

yī sī tǎn bù ěr

Istanbul, Turkey

利维坦

lì wéi tǎn

(loanword) leviathan

印度斯坦

yìn dù sī tǎn

Hindustan

反坦克

fǎn tǎn kè

anti-tank

吉尔吉斯坦

jí ěr jí sī tǎn

Kyrgyzstan

吉尔吉斯斯坦

jí ěr jí sī sī tǎn

Kyrgyzstan

君士坦丁堡

jūn shì tǎn dīng bǎo

Constantinople, capital of Byzantium

君子坦荡荡,小人长戚戚

jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qī

good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked

吡拉西坦

bǐ lā xī tǎn

(pharmacology) (loanword) piracetam (C6H10N2O2), a nootropic

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