人心思變

See also: 人心思变

Chinese

FWOTD – 16 February 2015

		people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature	to think of change; to desire change
trad. (人心思變)		人心	思變
simp. (人心思变)		人心	思变

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénxīn sībiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sam¹ si¹ bin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīn sībiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsin sihbiàn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsin¹ ssŭ¹-pien⁴
    • Yale: rén-syīn sz̄-byàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshin sybiann
    • Palladius: жэньсинь сыбянь (žɛnʹsinʹ sybjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sam¹ si¹ bin³
    • Yale: yàhn sām sī bin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sam¹ si¹ bin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sem¹ xi¹ bin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ piːn³³/

Verb

人心思變

1. (idiomatic) to long for change, especially a political one

   • 經濟危機、戰爭、對當前布什政府政策的不滿，是奧巴馬得以當選的主要原因，這些因素導致人心思變，對奧巴馬提出的「變革」的競選口號做出了積極響應。 [MSC, trad.]
     经济危机、战争、对当前布什政府政策的不满，是奥巴马得以当选的主要原因，这些因素导致人心思变，对奥巴马提出的「变革」的竞选口号做出了积极响应。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008: Zhou Qi (周琪), 【美國大選觀察】奧巴馬為什麼大勝？

     Jīngjì wēijī, zhànzhēng, duì dāngqián Bùshí zhèngfǔ zhèngcè de bùmǎn, shì Àobāmǎ déyǐ dāngxuǎn de zhǔyào yuányīn, zhèxiē yīnsù dǎozhì rénxīn sībiàn, duì Àobāmǎ tíchū de “biàngé” de jìngxuǎn kǒuhào zuòchū le jījí xiǎngyìng. [Pinyin]

     The economic crisis, the Iraq War and dissatisfaction with the Bush administration were the main reasons backing Obama's election victory. Americans were longing for change and responded enthusiastically to Obama's campaign slogan of "CHANGE".