甘心
gān xīn
Pinyin
Definition
甘心
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- to be willing to
- to resign oneself to
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to grieve
- 2 to be broken-hearted
- 3 to feel deeply hurt
- 1 heart
- 2 innermost being
- 3 (math.) incenter
- 1 to be careful
- 2 to take care
Idioms (20)
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
- 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
- 2 to multitask
- 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
- 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
- 2 half-hearted
- 3 shilly-shallying
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
Sample Sentences
国王觉得大臣们说的有道理,但也不甘心就这么放走小裁缝,所以他想试试小裁缝到底有多大本事。
The king felt that what the officials said made sense, but he was unwilling to just expel the little tailor, so he thought: “What can I use to test the abilities of the little tailor?”
你看,怎么不颠了?这么重一下!我们好不容易请假一起旅游,居然会碰到这种天气!如果真这么死了,真不甘心!
Look, how is that not falling? That was so intense! It was so hard for us to get time off to travel, and then we end up with this kind of weather. If I die this way, I will not be able to accept it.