上进心 (上進心)
shàng jìn xīn
Pinyin

Definition

上进心 (上進心)
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shàng jìn xīn
  1. motivation
  2. ambition

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
心
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 classifier: 颗 kē
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
  1. 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我觉得现在我考虑的是结婚对象，所以除了性格合得来，还要有上进心、责任心、幽默感、能够体贴人，当然一定的经济条件也是必要的。毕竟爱情不是面包，生活是很实际的。还有外形也要说得过去。
wǒ juéde xiànzài wǒ kǎolǜ de shì jiéhūn duìxiàng ，suǒyǐ chúle xìnggé hé de lái ，háiyào yǒu shàngjìnxīn 、zérènxīn 、yōumògǎn 、nénggòu tǐtiē rén ，dāngrán yīdìng de jīngjì tiáojiàn yě shì bìxū de 。bìjìng àiqíng bù shì miànbāo ，shēnghuó shì hěn shíjì de 。hái yǒu wàixíng yě yào shuō de guòqù 。
Right now I'm thinking about finding someone to marry. So in addition to getting along personality-wise, he also needs to be ambitious, responsible, with a sense of humor, and he has to know how to treat a person right. Of course, he also needs to have certain economic conditions. After all, love isn't bread! Life is very real. And he has to be decent-looking.
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