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好心人 (hǎo xīn rén) — good-hearted person

Definition

noun
good-hearted person
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 好心人。
    Nà wèi hǎo xīn rén bāng zhù le wǒ.
    That good-hearted person helped me.
  • 好心人。
    Shì jiè shàng yǒu hěn duō hǎo xīn rén.
    There are many kind-hearted people in the world.
  • 好心人。
    Tā shì yí wèi zhēn zhèng de hǎo xīn rén.
    She is a truly kind-hearted person.

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.

好心good heart
好hǎogood心xīnheart
偏正Modifier + head
人rénperson

好心 means a good heart and 人 means person, yielding a kind person.

Characters in this word

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

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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