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心甘情愿

xīn gān qíng yuàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 心甘情願

心甘情愿 (xīn gān qíng yuàn) means "delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 心甘情愿 means

1. delighted to (do sth, idiom)
2. perfectly happy to do
3. most willing to do

The characters in 心甘情愿

• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 甘gān(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦; to be willing (to do sth)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿

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