性情
xìng qíng
Pinyin

Definition

性情
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xìng qíng
  1. nature
  2. temperament

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
情
qíng
  1. 1 feeling
  2. 2 emotion
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 situation
情况
qíng kuàng
  1. 1 circumstances
  2. 2 state of affairs
  3. 3 situation
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng
情绪
qíng xù
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 state of mind
  3. 3 moodiness
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
入情入理
rù qíng rù lǐ
  1. 1 sensible and reasonable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哇！听听你这番话，看来陶土还真是能陶冶性情，能把你这头猛兽都驯化了。
wā ！tīng tīng nǐ zhè fān huà ，kànlai táotǔ hái zhēnshi néng táoyě xìngqíng ，néng bǎ nǐ zhè tóu měngshòu dōu xùnhuà le 。
Wow! Listening to you, it really seems like pottery really can fire one’s temperament, to tame this wild beast.
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是啊，有一段时间了，我觉得冥想能帮助我修养身心、陶冶性情使我建立了信心也提高了创造力。
shì a ，yǒu yī duàn shíjiān le ，wǒ juéde míngxiǎng néng bāngzhù wǒ xiūyǎng shēnxīn 、táoyě xìngqíng shǐ wǒ jiànlì le xìnxīn yě tígāo le chuàngzàolì 。
Yes, it's been a while. I feel that meditation helps me to train both my mind, body and temperament. It's allowed me to build my confidence as well as increased my creativity.
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