{"path":"/entry/41914","title":"恻隐之心 / 惻隱之心 (cè yǐn zhī xīn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"恻隐之心 / 惻隱之心 (cè yǐn zhī xīn): compassion. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":41914,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["恻隐之心"],"TRADITIONAL":["惻隱之心"]}},"phonetic":"cè yǐn zhī xīn","phoneticKey":"ce4 yin3 zhi1 xin1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"compassion","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","IDIOM"],"frequency":45862,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Mencius (《孟子·公孫丑上》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"所以谓人皆有不忍人之心者，今人乍见孺子将入于井，皆有怵惕恻隐之心。","traditional":"所以謂人皆有不忍人之心者，今人乍見孺子將入於井，皆有怵惕惻隱之心。"},"phonetic":"Suǒyǐ wèi rén jiē yǒu bù rěn rén zhī xīn zhě, jīn rén zhà jiàn rúzǐ jiāng rù yú jǐng, jiē yǒu chùtì cèyǐn zhī xīn.","english":"When I say that all men have a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others, my meaning may be illustrated thus: even now-a-days, if men suddenly see a child about to fall into a well, they will without exception experience a feeling of alarm and distress.","ref":"Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}