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万众一心 (wàn zhòng yī xīn) — (idiom) united as one; with a common purpose

Definition

Idiom meaning 'united as one with a common purpose', emphasizing that millions of people share the same goal. Common in formal writing and speeches, especially about a nation or group facing a challenge.

idiom
united as onewith a common purpose

Examples

  • 万众一心，。
    Quán guó rén mín wàn zhòng yī xīn, gòng kè shí jiān.
    The whole nation is united as one to overcome the current difficulties.
  • 万众一心，。
    Zhǐ yào dà jiā wàn zhòng yī xīn, jiù méi yǒu guò bú qù de kǎn.
    As long as everyone is united in purpose, there is no obstacle we cannot overcome.
  • 万众一心。
    Zhè cì rèn wu xū yào tuán duì wàn zhòng yī xīn cái néng chéng gōng.
    This mission requires the team to be completely united in order to succeed.

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.

万众many people
万wànten thousand众zhòngpeople
偏正Modifier + head
一心one heart
一yīone心xīnheart
偏正Modifier + head

万众 means many people and 一心 means one heart, so all share a single purpose.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 萬; 万 is its simplified writing.

For 万, the form 萬 was originally a picture of a scorpion, later borrowed for its sound to write 'ten thousand'; the scorpion picture is unrelated to that number.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 眾; 众 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 眾 shows three people under a sun-like shape, meaning a crowd gathered under the sun; the simplified 众 is a later shorthand.

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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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