Shou xin, Shōu xīn, Shǒu xīn, Shǒu xìn, Shòu xīn, Shòu xìn: 6 definitions

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手心 [shǒu xīn] [shou xin]—
1. The center part of the palm. From "Book of Northern Qi, Volume 6, Biography of Emperor Xiaozhao": "The Empress Dowager often had heart pain and could not bear it. The Emperor stood waiting in front of the curtain, pinching the center of his palm (shǒuxīn) with his nails, causing blood to flow out of his sleeves." From "Dream of the Red Chamber" Chapter 44: "Just use a thin hairpin to pick a little and apply it to the palm of your hand (裡 [li] shǒuxīn lǐ)."
2. The scope that can be controlled. For example: "No matter how many changes you have, you can't escape his palm (shǒuxīn)." From "Dream of the Red Chamber" Chapter 56: "If at the end of the year when accounts are settled and money is returned, it will naturally go to the accounting office (帳房 [zhang fang] zhàngfáng), and there will still be another layer of manager on top (上頭 [shang tou] shàngtou), still in their hands (裡 [li] shǒuxīn lǐ), and another layer of skin will be peeled off."

shǒu xīn:1. shǒu zhǎng de zhōng xīn bù fēn. < běi qí shū． juǎn liù． xiào zhāo dì jì>: “tài hòu cháng xīn tòng, bù zì kān rěn, dì lì shì wéi qián, yǐ zhǎo qiā shǒu xīn, xuè liú chū xiù.” < hóng lóu mèng> dì sì sì huí: “zhǐ yòng xì zān zi tiāo yī diǎn ér mǒ zài shǒu xīn lǐ.”
2. kě yǐ zhǎng kòng de fàn wéi. rú: “rèn nǐ yǒu qiān biàn wàn huà, yě táo bù chū tā de shǒu xīn.” hóng lóu mèng． dì wǔ shí liù huí: “ruò nián zhōng suàn zhàng guī qián shí, zì rán guī dào zhàng fáng, réng shì shàng tóu yòu tiān yī céng guǎn zhǔ, hái zài tā men shǒu xīn lǐ, yòu bō yī céng pí.”

shou xin:1. shou zhang de zhong xin bu fen. < bei qi shu. juan liu. xiao zhao di ji>: "tai hou chang xin tong, bu zi kan ren, di li shi wei qian, yi zhao qia shou xin, xue liu chu xiu." < hong lou meng> di si si hui: "zhi yong xi zan zi tiao yi dian er mo zai shou xin li."
2. ke yi zhang kong de fan wei. ru: "ren ni you qian bian wan hua, ye tao bu chu ta de shou xin." hong lou meng. di wu shi liu hui: "ruo nian zhong suan zhang gui qian shi, zi ran gui dao zhang fang, reng shi shang tou you tian yi ceng guan zhu, hai zai ta men shou xin li, you bo yi ceng pi."

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獸心 [shòu xīn] [shou xin]—
Heart of a beast. Describes someone who has lost their humanity and all sense of conscience. From Book of Han, Biography of the Five Sons of Emperor Wu, Liu Dan, King of Yan: "The Xiongnu (薰鬻氏 [xun yu shi]) are cruel and have the hearts of beasts, using cunning to deceive the border farmers (邊甿 [bian meng])." Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao wrote in his poem "Choosing Friends": "Among men, there are hearts of beasts; how many can truly recognize them?"

shòu xīn: yě shòu de xīn. xíng róng rén mǐn miè rén xìng, sàng jǐn tiān liáng. < hàn shū． juǎn liù sān． wǔ wǔ zi chuán． yàn lá wáng liú dàn chuán>: “xūn yù shì nüè lǎo shòu xīn, yǐ jiān qiǎo biān méng.” táng． mèng jiāo 〈zé yǒu〉 shī: “rén zhōng yǒu shòu xīn, jǐ rén néng zhēn shí?”

shou xin: ye shou de xin. xing rong ren min mie ren xing, sang jin tian liang. < han shu. juan liu san. wu wu zi chuan. yan la wang liu dan chuan>: "xun yu shi nue lao shou xin, yi jian qiao bian meng." tang. meng jiao shi: "ren zhong you shou xin, ji ren neng zhen shi?"