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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

甘心 [gānxīn]
  1. 1. verb [愿意] be willing
  2. 2. verb [满意] be satisfied

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

甘心 [gānxīn]
  1. 1. do something willingly; be ready and willing
  2. 2. be reconciled to; resign oneself to; be content with
    敌人对于他们的失败是不会甘心的。
    The enemy will not resign themselves to defeat.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

甘心 [gānxīn]
  1. 1. 情愿;愿意
    甘心做平凡的工作
    达不到目的,岂能甘心

Examples

甘心于自己的失败
will not take one's defeat lying down
我们输给那么个队,我真不甘心
We lost to such a team—I simply can't take it.
谁也不甘心落后。
Nobody is willing to be left behind.
他们对外奴颜婢膝,甘心卖国求荣。
They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners, willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends.
甘心无声无息地过一辈子
hate to live out one's life unknown
雌伏于此处,你怎么能甘心呢?
How can you be reconciled to being inferior to others?
如今都什么年代了,谁还甘心给人做偏房呢?
Times are different now, who would be willing to be a concubine?
他并不甘心一辈子给富贵人家当清客。
He is not willing to be a hanger-on of rich and powerful families.

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