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全身心 (quán shēn xīn) — wholeheartedly; with all one's heart and soul

Definition

全身心 emphasizes both body and spirit devoted to one thing, often used as 全身心地. 一心 is a shorter adverbial synonym; 全力 focuses on effort rather than mind-and-body commitment.

adverb
wholeheartedlywith all one's heart and soul

Examples

  • 全身心。
    Tā quán shēn xīn tóu rù dào le zhè xiàng yán jiū zhōng.
    He threw himself wholeheartedly into this research.
  • 全身心。
    Tā quán shēn xīn dì zhào gù zhe shēng bìng de mǔ qīn.
    She cares for her sick mother wholeheartedly.
  • 全身心。
    Wǒ men yīng gāi quán shēn xīn dì zuò hǎo měi yí jiàn shì.
    We should do everything wholeheartedly.

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.

全quánwhole
身心body and mind
身shēnbody心xīnmind
联合Coordinate

全 (whole) covering 身 (body) and 心 (mind) expresses giving all of oneself.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

Open 全 →

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

The shape of 身 comes from a drawing of a pregnant woman.

Open 身 →

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.

Open 心 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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