灰 huī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
灰心
huīxīn
discouraged, downhearted
Characters in this word
心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 第一次实验失败后，团队并没有灰心，而是重新检查了每一个步骤。 Dì yí cì shíyàn shībài hòu, tuánduì bìng méiyǒu huīxīn, ér shì chóngxīn jiǎnchá le měi yí gè bùzhòu. After the first experiment failed, the team did not become discouraged, but checked every step again.
- 考试没考好也别灰心，下次再努力。 Kǎoshì méi kǎo hǎo yě bié huīxīn, xià cì zài nǔlì. Don't be discouraged if you did badly on the exam; try harder next time.
- 他试了很多次都没成功，但从不灰心。 Tā shì le hěn duō cì dōu méi chénggōng, dàn cóng bù huīxīn. He tried many times without success, but never lost heart.