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良心

liáng xīn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

良心 (liáng xīn) means "conscience". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 良心 means

1. conscience

The characters in 良心

• 良liánggood; very; very much
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 他突然良心发现。
  His conscience suddenly awoke in him.
• 他对一个生病的男人说这种事真是没良心。
  Tā duì yī gè shēngbìng de nánrén shuō zhèzhǒng shì zhēnshi méi liángxīn.
  It was heartless of him to say such a thing to the sick man.
• 人人生而自由,在尊严和权利上一律平等。他们赋有理性和良心,并应以兄弟关系的精神相对待。
  Rénrén shēng ér zìyóu, zài zūnyán hé quánlì shàng yīlǜ píngděng. tāmen fù yǒulǐ xìng hé liángxīn, bìng yīng yǐ xiōngdì guānxi de jīngshén xiāngduì dài.
  All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
• 人人生而自由，在尊严和权利上一律平等。他们赋有理性和良心，并应以兄弟关系的精神相对待。
  All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
• 一个国家对待知识分子的态度标志着一个国家的文明程度，而一个国家对待农民工的态度则代表着一个国家的良心！
  Yī gè guójiā duìdài zhīshifènzǐ de tàidu biāozhì zhe yī gè guójiā de wénmíng chéngdù, ér yī gè guójiā duìdài nóngmíngōng de tàidu zé dàibiǎo zhe yī gè guójiā de liángxīn!
  The way a country treats its intellectuals is a sign of its civility. The way a country treats its farmers is a sign of its conscience.

Words starting with 良心

• 良心犯liáng xīn fànprisoner of conscience
• 良心发现liáng xīn fā xiàn(idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned…
• 良心喂狗liáng xīn wèi gǒuto have fed one's conscience to the dogs (idiom); devoid of conscience
• 良心未泯liáng xīn wèi mǐnnot totally heartless; still having a shred of conscience

Words containing 良心

• 有良心yǒu liáng xīnconscientious
• 天地良心tiān dì liáng xīnin all honesty; truth to tell
• 昧良心mèi liáng xīnit goes against one's conscience

Where 良心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · liàng–lìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read liáng xīn correctly.
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