心理作用
xīn lǐ zuò yòng
Pinyin

Definition

心理作用
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xīn lǐ zuò yòng
  1. psychological effect
  2. subjective experience affected more by one's expectations than by objective reality
  3. figment of the imagination

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 to operate
使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
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

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

不管是生理还是心理作用，你都要适当地调整状态呀，不然这样下去，只会越来越糟。
bùguǎn shì shēnglǐ háishi xīnlǐzuòyòng ，nǐ dōu yào shìdàng de tiáozhěng zhuàngtài ya ，bùrán zhèyàng xiàqù ，zhǐ huì yuèláiyuè zāo 。
Whether it is physiological or psychological, you have to appropriately adjust your state of mind. Otherwise, it will only get worse and worse.
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刚开始大量喝咖啡的时候，我觉得咖啡真的能让我更精神；可是现在喝多了，我怀疑这都只是心理作用了！
gāng kāishǐ dàliàng hē kāfēi de shíhou ，wǒ juéde kāfēi zhēnde néng ràng wǒ gèng jīngshén ；kěshì xiànzài hē duō le ，wǒ huáiyí zhè dōu zhǐshì xīnlǐzuòyòng le ！
In the beginning when I drank lots of coffee, I did feel coffee helped to keep me alert and refreshed but now I feel it’s only psychological effect!
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心理作用
xīnlǐ zuòyòng
imagination
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我看这些都是心理作用。如果风水真那么灵，那大家还不都成了百万富翁、长生不老了？
wǒ kàn zhèxiē dōu shì xīnlǐzuòyòng 。rúguǒ fēngshuǐ zhēn nàme líng ，nà dàjiā hái bù dōu chéng le bǎiwànfùwēng 、chángshēngbùlǎo le ？
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