"Heart" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhōng xīn center / heart / core / CL:個|个[ge4]
 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)
 xīn zàng heart / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
 xīn li chest / heart / mind
 nèi xīn heart / innermost being / (math.) incenter
 xīn tóu heart / thoughts / mind
 xīn xiōng heart / mind / ambition / aspiration
 xīn yǎn heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance
 xīn cháng heart / intention / one's inclination / state of mind / to have the heart for sth / mood
 xiōng jīn lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision
 xīn fáng heart (as the seat of emotions) / cardiac atrium
 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × / 1 cun, or 3⅓ / cm × / 3⅓ / cm) / heart / mind
 xīn gān darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity
 xīn tián heart (one's innermost being)
 xīn heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart
 rèn zhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
 jì zhu to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart
 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart
 xīn dòng heartbeat / heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected / aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)
 yī xīn wholeheartedly / heart and soul
 zhuī wèn to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter
 xīn zàng bìng heart disease
怀 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young
 huā xīn fickle (in love affairs) / dissipated / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)
 quán xīn quán yì heart and soul / wholeheartedly
 chún qíng pure and innocent / a pure heart
 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person
 nèi xīn shēn chù deep in one's heart
 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman
 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart
 kè gǔ míng xīn lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
 fàng zài xīn shàng to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
 jìn xīn with all of one's heart
 guān xīn bìng coronary heart disease
 dé xīn yìng shǒu lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
 xīn fēi inner heart / soul
 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with / full of (joy)
 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth / to steel oneself to a task
 chù mù jīng xīn lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) / shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight
 quán xīn with heart and soul
 shǎng xīn yuè mù warms the heart and delights the eye (idiom) / pleasing / delightful
 tóng xīn childish heart / childish innocence
 huī xīn to lose heart / to be discouraged
 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care
 yōu xīn chōng chōng deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship
 xīn kuàng shén yí lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom) / carefree and relaxed
怀 gěng gěng yú huái to take troubles to heart (idiom) / brooding
 xīn bìng anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine)
 quán shēn xīn wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul
 duàn cháng heartbroken / to break one's heart
 xīn jīng ròu tiào lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
 hóng xīn heart &hearts / (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye
 wǔ zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]
 xīn lu:4 heart rate
 jiū xīn lit. grips the heart / worried / anxious
 bèi shū to recite a text from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement
 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.)
 xīn fán yì luàn lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) / distraught with anxiety
 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart
 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind
 xīn jī gěng sè myocardial infarction / heart attack
 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom) / prostrate with fear / scared witless
 dān xīn loyal heart / loyalty
 bǎi gǎn jiāo jí all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
 wèn xīn wú kuì lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom) / with a clear conscience
 pōu fù to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart
 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears
 chèn xīn rú yì after one's heart (idiom) / gratifying and satisfactory / everything one could wish
 tū tū (onom.) beating of the heart / pitapat / pulsation of a machine
 mén xīn zì wèn to ask oneself honestly / to search in one's heart
 yǐ shēn xiāng xǔ to give one's heart to / to devote one's life to
 qìn rén xīn pí to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom) / to gladden the heart / to refresh the mind
 xīn lì shuāi jié heart failure
 xīn rú dāo gē to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief
 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart
 yī mén xīn si to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
 xīn jī gěng sǐ myocardial infarction / heart attack
 cháng qū zhí rù to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in
 xīn qì intention / motive / state of mind / ambition / aspiration / heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)
 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable
 shú jì to learn by heart / to memorize
 jīng jì shaking in fear / one's heart palpitating with fear
 hóng táo heart &hearts / (in card games)
 xiōng yì inner feelings / what is deep in one's heart
 fán xīn reluctance to leave this world / heart set on the mundane
 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity
 chì zǐ zhī xīn pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere
 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
 xīn rú dāo jiǎo to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
 xīn zhé convinced / to admire from the heart / enchanted
 gǔn guā làn shú lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom) / fig. to know fluently / to know sth inside out / to know sth by heart
 zhǔ yì to set one's heart on / to set one's choice on
 mào hé shén lí the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom) / seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
 láng xīn gǒu fèi lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom) / cruel and unscrupulous
 xīn yīn sound of the heart / heartbeat
 dǔ zhòu to swear to God / to cross one's heart
 guī xīn sì jiàn with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
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