人心
rén xīn
Pinyin
Definition
人心
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- popular feeling
- the will of the people
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
- 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
- 2 to multitask
- 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
Sample Sentences
嗯,沁人心脾啊,真是好茶!您沏茶的功夫,也是一流啊!
Yeah, it's so revitalizing, it's really good tea! Your tea brewing technique is also of the best quality!
那都是去年的事儿啦,现在已经四月啦,最近我们圈儿里流传着一句激励人心的“话四月不减肥,五月徒伤悲”!
That was all last year, now it's already April. There's a motivational saying that's going around Moments "If you don't diet in April, there's no point regretting it in May".
我有一个朋友,他交了好多女朋友。后来他的女朋友们都发现了这件事,大家也都知道了。因为他人心不足,蛇吞象,最后一个女朋友也没有了。
I have a friend. He has many girlfriends. In the end, all of his girlfriends found out the truth. Everyone knew about it too. Because his eyes are bigger than his stomach, he’s left with no girlfriend at all.
他投资太多钱了,最后输了钱,还输了自己的房子。这就是“人心不足,蛇吞象。”
He invested way too much money and ended up losing not only money but also his house. This is “One’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach.”
这不就正好跟老子以“减法”生活,来追求人心平静的哲学相反吗?
Isn't that the exact opposite of Laozi's idea of subtraction in life and the philosophy of finding inner peace?
嗯,可能也不鼓励名牌、舶来品,因为这些让人看了想要拥有的东西,会扰乱人心啊。
Yes, perhaps he wouldn't encourage big brands and imports, because these things make people want them when they see them and disturb people's minds.
唉!复杂的三角恋啊,看来是情杀的可能性很大。这行做久了就知道,人心呐,真的是非常可怕。
Ah! A complex love triangle. It looks quite likely that this was a crime of passion. When you've been in the job as long as I have, you learn that the human heart is really quite terrifying.