心弦
xīn xián
Pinyin

Definition

心弦
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xīn xián
  1. heartstrings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shāng xīn
  1. 1 to grieve
  2. 2 to be broken-hearted
  3. 3 to feel deeply hurt
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to take care
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
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

当然是大制作,耗资20亿日元呢!画面非常养眼,情节也扣人心弦,你怎么可能不知道呢?老板,你这样做生意落伍啰!
dāngrán shì dà zhìzuò ,hàozī èrshí yì rìyuán ne !huàmiàn fēicháng yǎngyǎn ,qíngjié yě kòurénxīnxián ,nǐ zěnme kěnéng bù zhīdào ne ?lǎobǎn ,nǐ zhèyàng zuò shēngyi luòwǔ luō !
Of course it's a big movie-- it took 20 billion yen! The cinematography is beautiful, and the plot is thrilling. How could you not know about it? Man, how can you be so behind the times in the way you do business!?