心连心 (xīn lián xīn) — heart to heart; closely united (describing deep emotional connection or unity)

Definition

A set phrase meaning 'heart to heart' — people joined in shared feeling or solidarity. Used to describe close emotional unity between groups or individuals, not a literal action.

verb
heart to heartclosely united (describing deep emotional connection or unity)

Examples

  • 心连心。
    Wǒ men hé zāi qū rén mín xīn lián xīn.
    We are heart-to-heart with the disaster victims.
  • 心连心，。
    Quán guó rén mín xīn lián xīn, gòng tóng kè fú kùn nan.
    The whole nation is united heart-to-heart to overcome difficulties together.
  • 心连心，。
    Tā men liǎ xīn lián xīn, gǎn qíng fēi cháng hǎo.
    The two of them are heart-to-heart; their relationship is very good.

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
连心link heart
连liánlink心xīnheart
动宾Verb + object

One 心 is linked by 连 to another 心, showing close union.

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.

Open 心 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 連; 连 is its simplified writing.

  • 辶辵chuòto walk
  • 車車jūchariot

The traditional form 連 joins 辶 (walk) and 車 (chariot) to show a man-drawn carriage; this note is about 連, not the simplified 连.

Open 连 →

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 →

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