心事
xīn shì
Pinyin

Definition

心事
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xīn shì
  1. a load on one's mind
  2. worry
  3. CL:宗[zōng],樁|桩[zhuāng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
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

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

嘿！怎么样？看起来有心事啊，情绪不高嘛。
hēi ！zěnmeyàng ？kàn qǐlái yǒu xīnshì ā ，qíngxù bù gāo ma 。
Hey! What's up? It looks like you've got something on your mind and that you're not in high spirits.
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我懂我懂。虽然成天考考考，却没有那么多糟心事，只要全心做一件事情就好了，朝着一个方向努力，心思也特简单。
wǒ dǒng wǒ dǒng 。suīrán chéngtiān kǎokao kǎo ，què méiyǒu nàme duō zāoxīnshì ，zhǐyào quánxīn zuò yī jiàn shìqíng jiùhǎo le ，cháo zhe yī gè fāngxiàng nǔlì ，xīnsi yě tè jiǎndān 。
I understand, I understand. Although you'd have to take exams all day, you didn't have anything weighing on your mind. You just have to focus all your energy on one thing, work towards one goal. So your thoughts are so simple.
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你呀，哪来那么多愁善感。人生在世哪有一帆风顺没有挫折的，就像心电图啊，高低起伏才说明有活力。老人不是常说，“得之我幸，失之我命”，看开点儿，得失心别那么重，保持向上的姿态，那些烦心事就不足挂齿了。
nǐ ya ，nǎ lái nàme duōchóushàngǎn 。rénshēng zàishì nǎyǒu yīfánfēngshùn méiyǒu cuòzhé de ，jiù xiàng xīndiàntú ā ，gāodī qǐfú cái shuōmíng yǒu huólì 。lǎorén bùshì cháng shuō ，“dé zhī wǒ xìng ，shī zhī wǒ mìng ”，kàn kāi diǎnr ，déshī xīn bié nàme zhòng ，bǎochí xiàngshàng de zītài ，nàxiē fánxīnshì jiù bùzúguàchǐ le 。
Why so depressed? There's no such thing as a life that's all smooth sailing without any frustrations. It's like an ECG, it's only when there are ups and downs that you know you're alive. Don't old people always say, "to gain is luck, to lose is fate". Try to cheer up a bit, don't take gains and losses to heart. If you keep striving forward, your troubles aren't worth dwelling on.
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小王，怎么了？有什么心事儿吗？
Xiǎo Wáng ，zěnme le ？yǒu shénme xīnshìr ma ？
Xiao Wang, what's wrong? What's on your mind?
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但她总觉得心中有一种说不出的寂寞。与草木倾吐心事时，草木听不懂她的话，跟鸟兽诉说烦躁时，鸟兽不了解她的苦恼。
dàn tā zǒng juéde xīnzhōng yǒu yī zhǒng shuōbuchū de jìmò 。yǔ cǎomù qīngtǔ xīnshì shí ，cǎomù tīngbudǒng tā de huà ，gēn niǎoshòu sùshuō fánzào shí ，niǎoshòu bù liǎojiě tā de kǔnǎo 。
But she felt in her heart an inexplicable sense of loneliness. When she poured out her heart to the plants and trees, they couldn't understand her; when she related her sorrows to the birds and beasts, they couldn't understand her suffering.
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妙妙啊，妈妈看你最近情绪不太稳定，是不是有什么心事？
Miàomiao a ，māma kàn nǐ zuìjìn qíngxù bùtài wěndìng ，shì bu shì yǒu shénme xīnshì ？
Hey, Miaomiao. I feel like your moods have been all over the place these days. Is there something on your mind?
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