一心 (yī xīn) — wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul

Definition

一心 highlights single-minded devotion to one purpose — stronger than 专心 (just focusing) and closer in force to 全身心/全心全意 but more compact. Used as both adverb and adjective.

wholeheartedlywith one's heart and soul

Examples

  • Tā yì xīn xiǎng qù běi jīng lǚ yóu.
    He wholeheartedly wants to go to Beijing for a trip.
  • Tā yì xīn wèi le hái zi de wèi lái.
    She is entirely devoted to her child's future.
  • Tā yì xīn tóu rù gōng zuò, cóng bù xiǎng bié de.
    He devotes himself wholeheartedly to work and never thinks of other things.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

xīnheart

One 一 heart 心 gives wholehearted effort.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 心 comes from a drawing of a heart, now highly stylized.

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