心计 (心計)
xīn jì
Pinyin

Definition

心计 (心計)
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xīn jì
  1. scheming
  2. shrewdness

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 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

她不容易？吃香的喝辣的，坐奔驰，开宝马，住别墅。还有一群保镖跟着，要有多威风就有多威风。要不怎么说，女人有心计就能成功。
tā bù róngyì ？chī xiāng de hē là de ，zuò Bēnchí ，kāi Bǎomǎ ，zhù biéshù 。hái yǒu yī qún bǎobiāo gēn zhe ，yào yǒu duō wēifēng jiù yǒu duō wēifēng 。yàobu zěnme shuō ，nǚrén yǒu xīnjì jiù néng chénggōng 。
Her life is tough? She wines and dines, rides in Mercedes and drives a BMW and lives in a villa. She has a big entourage wherever she goes. What a charmed life! She exemplifies how a calculating and manipulative woman can succeed in life.
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