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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

心事 [xīnshì]
  1. 1. noun preoccupation

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

心事 [xīnshì]
  1. 1. sth. weighing on one's mind; a load on one's mind; worry
    了结一桩心事
    take a load off one's mind
    她好像有什么心事似的。
    She seems to have something on her mind.
    我帮他完成一件心事
    他的表情说明他有心事

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

心事 [xīnshì]
  1. 1. 心里惦记着的为难的事或值得忧虑的事
    心事重重。
    寡言少语,心事很重。

Examples

我猜不透她的心事
I can't figure out what's on her mind. 猜透
心事如潮涌
one's mind seething with all kinds of thoughts 潮涌
我看你这两天愁眉苦脸的,有什么心事吧?
I've noticed these last few days that you've been looking rather unhappy. There must be something worrying you. 愁眉苦脸
这句话触动了他的心事
That remark reminded him of something he'd had on his mind for a long time. 触动
我发现他好像有什么心事
I noticed that he seemed to have something on his mind. 发现
账也了了,我的心事也了了。
The debt is settled, and my worry is over.
这就了却了我的一桩心事
That settled a matter which had been weighing on my mind. 了却
她闷闷不乐,满腹心事
She was in low spirits and laden with anxiety. 闷闷不乐
做违心事
act against one's conscience 违心
了结一桩心事
take a load off one's mind 心事

Collocations

心事重重
to be preoccupied with anxiety
心事
to be lost in thought
自己的小事
a personal matter
一桩心事
a load on one's mind
满腹心事
to be extremely worried

Word Decomposition


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