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灰心

huī xīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

灰心 (huī xīn) means "to lose heart". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 灰心 means

1. to lose heart
2. to be discouraged

The characters in 灰心

• 灰huīash; dust; lime
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 他很坚强，不会那么容易灰心。
  Tā hěn jiānqiáng, bù huì nàme róngyì huīxīn.
  He won't be easily discouraged, because he's a tough guy.
• 他很坚强，不会那幺容易灰心。
  He won't be easily discouraged, because he's a tough guy.

Words starting with 灰心

• 灰心丧气huī xīn sàng qìdownhearted; downcast; in despair

Where 灰心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Moods (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huī xīn correctly.
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