满腔热情 (mǎn qiāng rè qíng) — full of enthusiasm (set phrase)

Definition

Set phrase meaning 'full of enthusiasm' — 满腔 focuses the feeling in the chest/heart, making it more emphatic and literary than the plain 热情.

idiom
full of enthusiasm (set phrase)

Examples

  • 满腔热情，。
    Tā duì xīn gōng zuò mǎn qiāng rè qíng, měi tiān dōu zuì zǎo dào gōng sī.
    He is full of enthusiasm about his new job and is the first to arrive at the office every day.
  • 满腔热情。
    Zhì yuàn zhě mǎn qiāng rè qíng dì wèi shè qū jū mín fú wù.
    The volunteers serve the community residents with full enthusiasm.
  • 满腔热情。
    Zhè wèi jiào shòu mǎn qiāng rè qíng dì tóu rù le kē xué yán jiū.
    This professor threw himself into scientific research with great enthusiasm.

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.

满腔full chest
满mǎnfull腔qiāngchest
偏正Modifier + head
热情enthusiasm
热rèhot情qíngfeeling
偏正Modifier + head

满腔, the chest filled, and 热情, warm feelings, combine to picture enthusiasm filling the chest.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 滿; 满 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒼
㒼㒼滿mǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 滿 pairs 水, showing water, with 㒼, giving the sound. The simplified 满 is a later shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 满 →

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

腔 is made from 肉 (meat; flesh) plus 空 (empty; hollow), where 空 supplies the sound.

Open 腔 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì熱rè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.

Open 热 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng情qíng
Same sound today

情 shows 心 (heart) beside 青, which gives the sound. The heart part points to feelings and inner states.

Open 情 →

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