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狠下心
  • [hěnxiàxīn]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

狠下心 [hěnxiàxīn]
  1. 1. verb steel

Examples

演员的心和观众的心相通了,感情溶汇到一起了。
Actors and audience seemed to beat with the same heart and their emotions became one. 溶汇
他怎么也安不下心来做事。
He simply can't set his mind to work. 安心
多少父母为子女操碎了心。
Many parents go to a lot of trouble for their children. 操心
他说这番话,不知存着什么心。
It's hard to say what his intentions were in saying that. 存心
这番话打动了他的心。
He was moved (or touched) by these words. 打动
别看他大大咧咧的,什么事他都很在心。
He seems unconcerned, but nothing escapes his attention. 大大咧咧
她为这些孩子可费了不少心。
She devoted a lot of care to these children. 费心
解开心上的疙瘩
get rid of one's hang-up 疙瘩
横下一条心
resolve to do sth. in desperation 横心
怀恨在心
nurse a hatred 怀恨

Word Decomposition


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