痛心
tòng xīn
Pinyin

Definition

痛心
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tòng xīn
  1. grieved
  2. pained

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shāng xīn
  1. 1 to grieve
  2. 2 to be broken-hearted
  3. 3 to feel deeply hurt
nèi xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 innermost being
  3. 3 (math.) incenter
xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 to be careful
  2. 2 to take care
xīn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 intention
  4. 4 center
  5. 5 core
  6. 6 classifier: 颗 kē
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
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 classifier: 项 xiàng
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

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

Sample Sentences

这样的医患纠纷,已经不是第一次了。我们采访了卫生局局长,他也十分痛心。
zhèyàng de yīhuàn jiūfēn ,yǐjīng bùshì dìyīcì le 。wǒmen cǎifǎng le wèishēngjú júzhǎng ,tā yě shífēn tòngxīn 。
This isn't the first time that this kind of dispute between doctors and patients has happened. We interviewed the Director of the Public Health Bureau and he was also deeply saddened.
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