死心塌地

Chinese

		to give up on; to drop; willingness and determination to serve till death	collapse	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly
trad. (死心塌地)		死心	塌	地
simp. #(死心塌地)		死心	塌	地
alternative forms		死心踏地

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐxīntādì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄚ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² sam¹ taap³ dei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐxīntādì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄚ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhsintadì
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-hsin¹-tʻa¹-ti⁴
    • Yale: sž-syīn-tā-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyshintadih
    • Palladius: сысиньтади (sysinʹtadi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ tʰä⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² sam¹ taap³ dei⁶
    • Yale: séi sām taap deih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² sam¹ taap⁸ dei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² sem¹ tab³ déi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ tʰaːp̚³ tei̯²²/

Idiom

死心塌地

1. to be hell-bent on; to be dead set on (following someone)

   她死心塌地地跟著那個男人。 [MSC, trad.]
   她死心塌地地跟着那个男人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā sǐxīntādì de gēnzhe nàge nánrén. [Pinyin]

   She devotes herself to that man.

   • 反革命可不可以轉變？當然，有些死心塌地的反革命不會轉變。但是，在我國的條件下，他們中間的大多數將來會有不同程度的轉變。 [MSC, trad.]
     反革命可不可以转变？当然，有些死心塌地的反革命不会转变。但是，在我国的条件下，他们中间的大多数将来会有不同程度的转变。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Fǎngémìng kě bùkěyǐ zhuǎnbiàn? Dāngrán, yǒuxiē sǐxīntādì de fǎngémìng bùhuì zhuǎnbiàn. Dànshì, zài wǒguó de tiáojiàn xià, tāmen zhōngjiān de dàduōshù jiānglái huì yǒu bùtóng chéngdù de zhuǎnbiàn. [Pinyin]

     Is it possible for counter-revolutionaries to change? The die-hards will undoubtedly never change. However, given the conditions in our country, most of the counter-revolutionaries will eventually change to a greater or lesser extent.