顺心 (順心)
shùn xīn
Pinyin
Definition
顺心 (順心)
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- happy
- satisfactory
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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
很好、很好,接着换我来。马年要祝“马到成功”、猴年祝你“加冠封侯”、鸡年祝你“鹤立鸡群”、狗年祝你“旺旺旺”,最后,猪年祝大家“诸事顺心”。
Very good, very good, now it is my turn. In the Year of the Horse, they use the phrase 「马到成功」, meaning to win instant success and which also contains the character for horse「馬」; in the Year of the Monkey, they substitute the 「侯」 in the phrase 「加冠封侯」, wishing that you’ll be “given new offices and titles,” for its near homophone 「猴」, meaning monkey, in the Year of the Monkey; In the Year of the Rooster, they use the phrase “a crane among roosters,” to bless you with standing head and shoulders above the rest; In the Year of the Dog, they’ll wish you a prosperous new year, by substituting「旺旺旺」, meaning “very prosperous,” for the sound of a dog barking in Chinese, “汪汪汪,” a near homophone; and finally they substitute the character 「诸」 for in the phrase 「诸事顺心」, meaning “everything goes according to plan” for the character 「猪」, meaning “pig” in the Year of the Pig.
怎么了佳伟,你是不是最近工作不顺心?看你脾气越来越大了。以前你可不是这样的。
What is it, Jia Wei? Has your job not been going so well lately? Seems like your temper is getting worse all the time. You really didn't used to be this way.
那是冲动。闪婚就闪婚吧,像古人那样,先结婚后恋爱也挺好的,不过我们这一代人,有耐心能忍让的太少了,倔脾气上来,一不顺心就离了。
That's impulsiveness for you. If you want to have a 'flash wedding', then just do it. It's like people in ancient times. Getting married first and then falling in love isn't so bad either. But, there aren't enough patient and tolerant people these days. They're too obstinate. As soon as they're unsatisfied, they get a divorce.