心静 (xīn jìng) — to be inwardly calm; to have a peaceful mind

Definition

Literary phrase meaning 'a calm, untroubled mind' — closer in register to written 平静 than to colloquial 别紧张.

verb
to be inwardly calmto have a peaceful mind
Easily confused

Examples

  • 心静，。
    Zhǐ yǒu xīn jìng, cái néng bǎ gōng zuò zuò hǎo.
    Only with a calm mind can you do the job well.
  • ，心静。
    Liàn yú jiā de shí hou, xīn jìng hěn zhòng yào.
    When practicing yoga, inner calm is very important.
  • 心静，。
    Kǎo shì qián yí dìng yào bǎo chí xīn jìng, bú yào jǐn zhāng.
    Before an exam, you must keep a calm mind and not be nervous.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

心xīnheart
静jìngcalm

心 means heart and 静 means calm, so it says the heart is calm.

Characters in this word

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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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 靜; 静 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 靜, not the simplified 静, uses 青 and 爭 for sound; an old source also treats 青 (blue) as a meaning part.

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