上心 (shǎng) — to take seriously, to pay close attention, to care about
Definition
Used as an adjective to mean 'caring / paying close attention', often in the pattern 对…很上心 ('to care a lot about…'). Common in spoken Chinese.
adjective
to take seriouslyto pay close attentionto care about
Examples
- 上心，。Tā duì gōng zuò hěn shǎng, cóng bù mǎ hu.He takes his work very seriously and never slacks off.
- 上心？Nǐ duì zì jǐ hái zi de xué xí zěn me yì diǎn dōu bú shǎng?How come you don't care at all about your own child's studies?
- 上心，。Zhè jiàn shì nǐ yào duō shǎng, bié chū le chā cuò.You need to pay more attention to this matter—don't make any mistakes.
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