心血来潮 (心血來潮)
xīn xuè lái cháo
Pinyin

Definition

心血来潮 (心血來潮)
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xīn xuè lái cháo
  1. to be prompted by a sudden impulse
  2. carried away by a whim
  3. to have a brainstorm

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中心
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
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

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
一针见血
yī zhēn jiàn xiě
  1. 1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit the nail on the head
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

Sample Sentences

我哪知道你学长什么时候心血来潮要抓你去做实验？是你这猪头每次都已读不回，啊是不会说一下哦。
wǒ nǎ zhīdào nǐ xuézhǎng shénme shíhou xīnxuèláicháo yào zhuā nǐ qù zuò shíyàn ？shì nǐ zhè zhū tóu měicì dōu yǐdú bùhuí ，ā shì bùhuì shuō yīxià ò 。
How am I supposed to know when your senior classmate is hit with the urge to take you to do experiments? It's your pig-head that always reads my messages and never responds, you can't even let me know?
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