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甘心

gānxīn

to be willing; to be resigned to

A runner clenches their fists after losing a race
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Characters in this word

甘 gān

Strokes
5
Radical
甘 — sweet, tasty
Made of
卄 twenty, twentieth 二 two
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 甘

心 xīn

Strokes
4
Radical
心 — heart
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 他并不甘心把失败归咎于运气,而是重新审视自己的决策逻辑。 Tā bìng bù gānxīn bǎ shībài guījiù yú yùnqì, ér shì chóngxīn shěnshì zìjǐ de juécè luójí. He was not willing simply to blame failure on luck, but instead re-examined the logic of his decisions.
  • 他不甘心就这样输了,决定明年再来一次。 Tā bù gānxīn jiù zhèyàng shū le, juédìng míngnián zài lái yí cì. He isn't willing to lose just like this and decided to try again next year.
  • 她甘心留在小山村里,教那里的孩子读书。 Tā gānxīn liú zài xiǎo shāncūn lǐ, jiāo nàlǐ de háizi dúshū. She is content to stay in the little mountain village and teach the children there to read.

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