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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「胸無成竹」, detailing its meaning and use.

Here’s the idiom 「胸無成竹」, with its definition and practical application described below.

It means that there is no complete plan in mind.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xiōng wú chéng zhú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hung1 mou4 sing4 juk1

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