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心得 (xīn dé) — insights or understanding gained from experience, study, or practice

Definition

心得 is a written noun for insights or understanding gained through one's own experience or study — often shared in a report, article, or talk. Less personal and reflective than 体会, which emphasizes what one felt or realized in the moment.

noun
insights or understanding gained from experience, study, or practice
Measure word · 项, 个

Examples

  • 心得。
    Tā zài huì shàng fēn xiǎng le zì jǐ de gōng zuò xīn dé.
    He shared his work insights at the meeting.
  • 心得，。
    Zhè piān xīn dé xiě dé fēi cháng xiáng xì, zhí dé yí kàn.
    This piece of learning experience is written insights is very detailed and worth a look.
  • ，心得。
    Xué xí hàn yǔ yì nián hòu, wǒ yǒu le hěn duō xīn dé.
    After studying Chinese for a year, I gained a lot of insights.

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xīnmind
得dégain

心 means mind and 得 means gain, so 心得 is what the mind gains.

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

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Thinking & Cognition

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