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军心 (jūn xīn) — army morale, soldier's morale

Definition

军心 is a formal/collective term for the morale of an entire army as a group — the shared fighting spirit of the troops — not an individual soldier's state of mind. Common collocations include 稳定/鼓舞/涣散 军心.

noun
army moralesoldier's morale

Examples

  • 军心。
    Wěn dìng jūn xīn shì qǔ shèng de guān jiàn.
    Stabilizing morale is the key to victory.
  • ，军心。
    Zhè chǎng zhàng dǎ dé bù hǎo, jūn xīn yǐ jīng huàn sàn le.
    This battle was not fought well and morale has already collapsed.
  • 军心。
    Jiāng jūn de yǎn jiǎng dà dà gǔ wǔ le jūn xīn.
    The general's speech greatly boosted the army's morale.

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.

军jūnarmy
心xīnmorale

军 is the army and 心 is heart or morale, giving army morale.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

Open 军 →

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
Military & Defense

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