人心所向

Chinese

		people's thoughts; public feeling; moral nature	actually; place; (nominalization prefix)	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to
simp. and trad. (人心所向)		人心	所	向

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénxīnsuǒxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ sam¹ so² hoeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénxīnsuǒxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rénsinsuǒsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-hsin¹-so³-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: rén-syīn-swǒ-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renshinsuooshianq
    • Palladius: жэньсиньсосян (žɛnʹsinʹsosjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ sam¹ so² hoeng³
    • Yale: yàhn sām só heung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ sam¹ so² hoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sem¹ so² hêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ hœːŋ³³/

Idiom

人心所向

1. popular sentiment; common aspiration of the people

   • 會不會因為國際國內的大勢所趨和人心所向，經過我們的奮鬥，使內戰限制在局部的範圍，或者使全面內戰拖延時間爆發呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     会不会因为国际国内的大势所趋和人心所向，经过我们的奋斗，使内战限制在局部的范围，或者使全面内战拖延时间爆发呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1945, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《抗日戰爭勝利後的時局和我們的方針》 (The Situation and Our Policy After the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Huì bù huì yīnwèi guójì guónèi de dàshìsuǒqū hé rénxīnsuǒxiàng, jīngguò wǒmen de fèndòu, shǐ nèizhàn xiànzhì zài júbù de fànwéi, huòzhě shǐ quánmiàn nèizhàn tuōyán shíjiān bàofā ne? [Pinyin]

     Given the general trend of the international and internal situation and the feelings of the people, is it possible, through our own struggles, to localize the civil war or delay the outbreak of a country-wide civil war?