沉着 (chén zhuó) — calm and collected; steady; composed
Definition
沉着 describes staying calm and focused under pressure, often in a crisis or emergency (analyzing data, facing danger). Stronger and more action-oriented than the everyday 冷静.
adjective
calm and collectedsteadycomposed
Examples
- ，沉着。Miàn duì wēi jī, tā biǎo xiàn dé shí fēn chén zhuó.Facing the crisis, he behaved very calmly.
- 沉着。Tā chén zhuó dì fēn xī le suǒ yǒu shù jù.She calmly analyzed all the data.
- ，沉着。Yù dào jǐn jí qíng kuàng, yào bǎo chí chén zhuó.When encountering an emergency, stay calm.
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