孝心
xiào xīn
Pinyin

Definition

孝心
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xiào xīn
  1. filial piety (a Confucian obligation)
  2. respect and obedience to one's parents

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伤心
shāng xīn
  1. 1 to grieve
  2. 2 to be broken-hearted
  3. 3 to feel deeply hurt
内心
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
小心
xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to take care
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
心得
xīn dé
  1. 1 what one has learned (through experience, reading etc)
  2. 2 knowledge
  3. 3 insight
  4. 4 understanding
  5. 5 tips
  6. 6 classifier: 项 xiàng
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

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
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
  1. 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left

Sample Sentences

这是对爸妈的孝心啊，连这点儿时间力气都不愿意花，枉费老爸老妈养你几十年。
zhè shì duì bàmā de xiàoxīn ā ，lián zhèdiǎnr shíjiān lìqi dōu bù yuànyì huā ，wǎngfèi lǎobà lǎomā yǎng nǐ jǐshínián 。
This shows your filial piety towards your parents. If you're not even willing to spend such a small amount of time and effort, it seems like mum and dad wasted several decades raising you.
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二十年后，许仙和白素贞的儿子考中状元，到塔前祭母，孝心感动了天庭，白素贞被放出了雷峰塔，一家人终于团聚了。
èrshí nián hòu ，XǔXiān hé Bái Sùzhēn de érzi kǎozhòngzhuàngyuán ，dào tǎ qián jì mǔ ，xiàoxīn gǎndòng le tiāntíng ，Bái Sùzhēn bèi fàngchū le Léifēngtǎ ，yījiārén zhōngyú tuánjù le 。
Twenty years later, Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen's son received the highest mark on the imperial examination and went to the tower to make a sacrifice for his mother. His filial piety moved the gods, and Bai Suzhen was released from Leifeng Tower. The family was finally reunited.
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哎，可怜你一片孝心。要不我给你带一段路吧。
āi ，kělián nǐ yī piàn xiàoxīn 。yàobu wǒ gěi nǐ dài yī duàn lù ba 。
Oh, you poor, loving son. How about I take you part of the way?
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