感情用事
gǎn qíng yòng shì
Pinyin

Definition

感情用事
 - 
gǎn qíng yòng shì
  1. to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事
shì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 thing
  3. 3 item
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 affair
  6. 6 classifier: 件 jiàn
  7. 7 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
  8. 8 classifier: 回 huí
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
使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
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

Idioms (20)

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)
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience

Sample Sentences

问得好，你就得多学着点，别太感情用事，不到黄河心不死就太晚了，感情这事儿，就得当机立断，及时止损。
wèn de hǎo ，nǐ jiù děi duō xué zhe diǎnr ，bié tài gǎnqíngyòngshì ，bùdào Huánghé xīn bù sǐ jiù tài wǎn le ，gǎnqíng zhè shìr ，jiù děi dāngjī lì duàn ，jíshí zhǐsǔn 。
That's a good question, you should study this a bit more. Don't be so emotional when it comes to these things, if you're still going because you're holding out hope still, it's already too late. With relationships, you have to be decisive in your choices, and ensure that you enact damage control on time.
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