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janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
Pinyin: ren2 xin1
Translations
nounthe will of the people; popular feeling
kau˗₃扣janˎ₄人samˉ¹心jinˎ₄弦
Pinyin: kou4 ren2 xin1 xian2
Translations
nounexciting, thrilling
jatˍ₆日gauˊ²久gin˗₃見janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
简 日久见人心
Pinyin: ri4 jiu3 jian4 ren2 xin1
Translations
nountime will tell; 'a man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn'
guˊ²蠱waakˍ₆惑janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
简 蛊惑人心
Pinyin: gu3 huo4 ren2 xin1
Translations
nounrabble-rouse; rabble-rousing; excite the mass of the people to hatred/violence
janˎ₄人samˉ¹心gaak˗₃隔touˏ₅肚peiˎ₄皮
Pinyin: ren2 xin1 ge2 du4 pi2
Translations
nounit's hard to really know sb; it's hard to know sb. true nature [also] 知人知面不知心 or 知人口面不知心
nouncannot judge one is a good person by its look (slang)
wongˎ₄黃fungˉ¹蜂meiˏ₅尾hauˏ₅後zamˉ¹針zeoi˗₃最dukˍ₆毒fuˏ₅婦janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
简 黄蜂尾后针最毒妇人心
Pinyin: huang2 feng1 wei3 hou1 zhen1 zui4 du2 fu4 ren2 xin1
Translations
nouna woman can be deadly and vicious (more than the hornet's sting)
janˎ₄人samˉ¹心jukˍ₆肉zouˍ₆造
Pinyin: ren2xin1 rou4 zao4
Translations
nounall human beings are capable of having emotions and sympathy afterall [written and colloquial]
dungˍ₆動janˎ₄人samˉ¹心jyunˎ₄弦
简 动人心弦
Pinyin: dong4 ren2 xin1 xian2
Translations
nounone able to stir other's emotions
janˎ₄人samˉ¹心jukˍ₆肉zouˍ₆做
Pinyin: ren2 xin1 rou4 zuo4
Translations
nouna heart is made out of meat, which means no matter how cruel a person is, he or she still has some sympathy
samˉ¹深japˍ₆入janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
Pinyin: shen1 ru4 ren2 xin1
Translations
nouninteriorize
janˎ₄人samˉ¹心batˉ¹不zukˉ¹足seˎ₄蛇tanˉ¹呑zoengˍ₆象
Pinyin: ren2 xin1 bu4 zu2 she2 tun1 xiang4
Translations
noungreed (that is detrimental to oneself)
batˉ¹不dakˉ¹得janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
Pinyin: bu4 de2 ren2 xin1
Translations
noununpopular
janˎ₄人samˉ¹心wongˎ₄惶wongˎ₄惶
Pinyin: ren2 xin1 huang2 huang2
Translations
nouneveryone is in a state of anxiety; widespread anxiety
noununeasiness or anxiety felt by general public
daaiˍ₆大faai˗₃快janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
Pinyin: da4 kuai4 ren2 xin1
Translations
nounto the satisfaction of everyone
sauˉ¹收maaiˏ₅買janˎ₄人samˉ¹心
简 收买人心
Pinyin: shou1 mai3 ren2 xin1
Translations
nounverb; buy popularity; try to win popular support