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HSK
conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart
HSK 1
to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart
HSK 1
center; heart; core
HSK 2
central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart
HSK 2
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  *背* | 背* | *背
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / (slang) unlucky / hard of hearing
HSK 2
chest / heart; mind
HSK 2
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  *心* | 心* | *心
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 3
compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL: / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥)
HSK 3
to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt
HSK 3
heart; innermost being / (math.) incenter
HSK 3
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  *酸* | 酸* | *酸
sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical / to make sarcastic remarks about sb / an acid
HSK 4
delighted / to one's heart's content / straightforward / also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
HSK 4
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  *颗* | 颗* | *颗
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
HSK 5
attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality
HSK 5
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  *狠* | 狠* | *狠
ruthless; fierce; ferocious / determined; resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of
HSK 6
HSK 6
bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit
HSK 6
heart disease
HSK 6
(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
HSK 7-9
heart / mind / ambition / aspiration
HSK 7-9
heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care
HSK 7-9
(idiom) heart and soul; wholeheartedly
HSK 7-9
wholeheartedly / heart and soul
HSK 7-9
cold-hearted; unfeeling; callous
HSK 7-9
to enter deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom)
HSK 7-9
lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight
HSK 7-9
to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young
HSK 7-9
anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases
HSK 7-9
heart / intention / one's inclination / state of mind / to have the heart for sth / mood
HSK 7-9
to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat
HSK 7-9
reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
HSK 7-9
to have the heart to do sth / to steel oneself to a task
HSK 7-9
to lose heart / to be discouraged
HSK 7-9
to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter
HSK 7-9
lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears
etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding
to do sth to one's heart's content
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  *胸* | 胸* | *胸
chest / bosom / heart / mind / thorax
to jump about / (of the heart) to beat wildly
lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste; to rip sb to shreds
lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
heart rate
lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)
to pour out (emotions) / to pour one's heart out / to say everything that is on one's mind
heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye
lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward
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  *怀* | 怀* | *怀
bosom / heart / mind / to think of / to harbor in one's mind / to conceive (a child)
coronary heart disease
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  *坦* | 坦* | *坦
flat / open-hearted / level / smooth
to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind
big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing
the Heart Sutra
bottom of one's heart
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏, and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart
pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere
(conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart (idiom)
ventricle (heart)
loyal heart / loyalty
heart ♥ (in card games)
to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care
sound of the heart / heartbeat
lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom) / fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance / braggart
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul
benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed
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  *搏* | 搏* | *搏
to fight / to combat / to seize / (of heart) to beat
one's heart; one's mind
heartbroken / to break one's heart
pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart , lungs , liver , kidneys 腎|肾, spleen and gall bladder 膽|胆)
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement
one's heart filled with / full of (joy)
(onom.) beating of the heart / pitapat / pulsation of a machine
carefully / meticulously / to set one's heart on sth
timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart , liver , spleen , lungs and kidneys 腎|肾
lit. to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom) / fig. to gladden the heart; to be refreshing
lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
pure and innocent / a pure heart
heart (as the seat of emotions) / cardiac atrium
to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity
(idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish
to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart
affairs of the heart / mutual relationship
to learn by heart; to memorize
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
two hearts beat as one (idiom); a kindred spirit
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear / scared witless
heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance
to have a few drinks / to drink to one's heart's content
lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
to one's heart's content (idiom)

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