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初心

chū xīn

2-character word

What 初心 means

1. (one's) original intention, aspiration etc
2. Buddhism"beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)

The characters in 初心

• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Sounds the same

Read chū xīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 出新to make new advances; to move forwards