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心事

xīn shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 宗、桩

心事 (xīn shì) means "a load on one's mind; worry". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 心事 means

1. a load on one's mind
2. worry

The characters in 心事

• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Words starting with 心事

• 心事重重xīn shì chóng chóngto have a lot on one's mind; to be laden with anxiety

Words containing 心事

• 亏心事kuī xīn shìshameful deed
• 烦心事fán xīn shìtroubles; worries; sth on one's mind
• 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bù pà guǐ qiāo ménhe who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night…
• 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīngHe who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.…

Sounds the same

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

• 新式new style; latest type
• 心室ventricle (heart)
• 新市see 新市区

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīn shì correctly.
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