意气 (yì qì) — spirit, morale, high ambition; personal impulse, mood-driven feelings
Definition
意气 (yìqì) blends two ideas: a spirited, ambitious morale (意气风发) and a mood-driven personal impulse (意气用事). It often appears in set phrases contrasting noble drive with reckless feeling.
noun
spiritmoralehigh ambitionpersonal impulsemood-driven feelings
Examples
- ，。Nián qīng rén yì qì fēng fā, duì wèi lái chōng mǎn xìn xīn.Young people are full of spirit and ambition, confident about the future.
- ，。Zuò dà shì bù néng yì qì yòng shì, yào yǒu lǐ xìng fēn xī.In big matters you cannot act on impulse; you need to analyze rationally.
- 意气，。Liǎng gè rén yì qì xiāng tóu, hěn kuài jiù chéng le hǎo péng you.The two found each other's temperament congenial and quickly became good friends.
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