心酸
xīn suān
Pinyin

Definition

心酸
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xīn suān
  1. to feel sad

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
心动
xīn dòng
  1. 1 heartbeat
  2. 2 heart rate
  3. 3 (fig.) emotionally affected
  4. 4 aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)

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

我看到那些小孩子在乞讨真的很心酸。才那么大一点 ，就为生活所迫出来乞讨。不能上学，以后可怎么办呢？
wǒ kàndào nàxiē xiǎoháizi zài qǐtǎo zhēnde hěn xīnsuān 。cái nàme dà yīdiǎn ，jiù wèi shēnghuó suǒ pò chūlai qǐtǎo 。bùnéng shàngxué ，yǐhòu kě zěnme bàn ne ？
When I see those little kids begging I really feel rotten. So young, and they are forced to come out and beg to survive. They can't go to school. What will they do later on?
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我自己刚刚看完《山楂树之恋》，听说这本书是由美籍华人艾米根据好友静秋，也就是书的原作者的亲身经历写成的爱情故事。你不知道，看得我心酸死了。
wǒ zìjǐ gānggāng kàn wán shānzhāshùzhīliàn ，tīngshuō zhè běn shū shì yóu měijí huárén àimǐ gēnjù hǎoyǒu jìngqiū ，yějiùshì shū de yuán zuòzhě de qīnshēn jīnglì xiěchéng de àiqíng gùshi 。nǐ bù zhīdào ，kàn de wǒ xīnsuān sǐ le 。
I recently read ”Under the Hawthorn Tree“. I've heard that this book is written by a Chinese American named Ai Mi about her good friend Jingqiu. The love story is also based on the author's experience. You have no idea how heartbroken I was reading that.
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