4 characters Idiom and proverb 28 103

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Introducing the idiom 「膽大心小」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

Describes being decisive and thoughtful in doing things.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dǎn dà xīn xiǎo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

daam2 daai6 sam1 siu2

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