惯性 (慣性)
guàn xìng
Pinyin

Definition

惯性 (慣性)
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guàn xìng
  1. (physics) inertia
  2. (fig.) force of habit
  3. tendency to do things in the accustomed way
  4. habitual

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人性
rén xìng
  1. 1 human nature
  2. 2 humanity
  3. 3 human
  4. 4 the totality of human attributes
任性
rèn xìng
  1. 1 willful
  2. 2 headstrong
  3. 3 unruly
个性
gè xìng
  1. 1 individuality
  2. 2 personality
女性
nǚ xìng
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 the female sex
弹性
tán xìng
  1. 1 flexibility
  2. 2 elasticity

Idioms (6)

修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. 2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
熏陶成性
xūn táo chéng xìng
  1. 1 (idiom) nurture makes second nature
  2. 2 good habits come by long assimilation

Sample Sentences

时间一久，就算还没尝到酸的食物，光是想像，大脑也会习惯性地发出信号让口腔内部分泌唾液。
shíjiān yī jiǔ ，jiùsuàn hái méi cháng dào suān de shíwù ，guāngshì xiǎngxiàng ，dànǎo yě huì xíguànxìng de fāchū xìnhào ràng kǒuqiāng nèibù fēnmì tuòyè 。
As time passes by, even though we haven't eaten sour food yet, our brain would customarily send signals to make our mouth secrete saliva by simply imagining sour food.
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说的没错，可是如果一个人一开口就是抱怨，习惯性地喜欢向所有人倒苦水，那样就不太好了吧？
shuōde méicuò ，kěshì rúguǒ yī ge rén yī kāikǒu jiùshì bàoyuàn ，xíguànxìng de xǐhuan xiàng suǒyǒurén dào kǔshuǐ ，nàyàng jiù bùtài hǎo le ba ？
You're right, but if someone complains as soon as they open their mouth, and likes to habitually pour out their grievances to everyone, that's not good is it?
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说得也有几分道理，有时候我就是习惯性赖床，明明醒了，却还喜欢黏在我的爱床上，内心想着是，多睡一分钟也是赚到。
shuōde yě yǒu jǐ fēn dàolǐ ，yǒushíhou wǒ jiùshì xíguànxìng làichuáng ，míngmíng xǐng le ，què hái xǐhuan nián zài wǒ de àichuáng shàng ，nèixīn xiǎng zhe shì ，duō shuì yīfēnzhōng yě shì zhuàn dào 。
You are making quite a bit of sense. Sometime, with me, it's just that I've got into the habit of having a lie in. I'm actually awake, but I just like to lay in the warm embrace of my beloved bed. What I'm thinking is that every extra minute of sleep I get is a minute won!
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