死心
sǐ xīn
Pinyin

Definition

死心
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sǐ xīn
  1. to give up
  2. to admit failure
  3. to drop the matter
  4. to reconcile oneself to loss
  5. to have no more illusions about

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 CL:顆|颗[kē],個|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 CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
心理
xīn lǐ
  1. 1 psychology
  2. 2 mentality
死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
真心
zhēn xīn
  1. 1 sincere
  2. 2 heartfelt
  3. 3 CL:片[piàn]
开心
kāi xīn
  1. 1 to feel happy
  2. 2 to rejoice
  3. 3 to have a great time
  4. 4 to make fun of sb
一心
yī xīn
  1. 1 wholeheartedly
  2. 2 heart and soul
一心一意
yī xīn yī yì
  1. 1 concentrating one's thoughts and efforts
  2. 2 single-minded
  3. 3 bent on
  4. 4 intently
上心
shàng xīn
  1. 1 carefully
  2. 2 meticulously
  3. 3 to set one's heart on sth
中心
zhōng xīn
  1. 1 center
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 core
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
人心
rén xīn
  1. 1 popular feeling
  2. 2 the will of the people
信心
xìn xīn
  1. 1 confidence
  2. 2 faith (in sb or sth)
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
倾心
qīng xīn
  1. 1 to admire wholeheartedly
  2. 2 to fall in love with
全心全意
quán xīn quán yì
  1. 1 heart and soul
  2. 2 wholeheartedly
冻死
dòng sǐ
  1. 1 to freeze to death
  2. 2 to die off in winter
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable

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
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
仁心仁术
rén xīn rén shù
  1. 1 benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous

Sample Sentences

你怎么这么没用？是他抢走了你女朋友！你除了自己生闷气，还会什么？我早就说他们两个关系不一般。现在你总算亲眼看到了吧！这样也好，你可以早点死心。
nǐ zěnme zhème méiyòng ？shì tā qiāngzǒu le nǐ nǚpéngyou ！nǐ chúle zìjǐ shēng mènqì ，hái huì shénme ？wǒ zǎo jiù shuō tāmen liǎng ge guānxi bù yībān 。xiànzài nǐ zǒngsuàn qīnyǎn kàndào le ba ！zhèyàng yě hǎo ，nǐ kěyǐ zǎo diǎn sǐxīn 。
How can you be so useless? He's the guy that stole your girlfriend from you! Can't you do anything other than brood? I told you long ago that there was something between them. Now you've finally seen it with your own eyes! But this is also good, so you can hurry up and give up on her.
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可是只要一天没找到爸爸，我就不死心。哪怕只找到他的尸骨，我想他在九泉之下也可以安息了。
kěshì zhǐyào yī tiān méi zhǎodào bàba ，wǒ jiù bù sǐxīn 。nǎpà zhǐ zhǎodào tāde shīgǔ ，wǒ xiǎng tā zài jiǔquán zhī xià yě kěyǐ ānxī le 。
But I'll never give up until I've found my dad. Even if I just find his remains, I think he'll be able to rest in peace in the underworld.
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