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虚心

xū xīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 虛心

虚心 (xū xīn) means "open-minded, humble (about feedback)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 虚心 means

1. open-minded
2. humble

The characters in 虚心

• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Words starting with 虚心

• 虚心好学xū xīn hào xuémodest and studious (idiom)
• 虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后xū xīn shǐ rén jìn bù , jiāo ào shǐ rén luò hòumodesty leads to progress, arrogance makes you fall behind (quote of Mao Zedong)

Where 虚心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Honesty, Modesty & Sincerity (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 xū xīn correctly.
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