滑心

Chinese

		comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth	heart; mind
trad. (滑心)		滑	心
simp. #(滑心)		滑	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔsin
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-hsin¹
    • Yale: gǔ-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guushin
    • Palladius: гусинь (gusinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

Verb

滑心

1. (literary) to unsettle the mind; to disturb the mood

   • 五曰趣舍滑心，使性飛揚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     五曰趣舍滑心，使性飞扬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wǔ yuē qǔshě gǔ xīn, shǐ xìng fēiyáng. [Pinyin]

     The fifth is their preferences and dislikes, which unsettle the mind, and cause the nature to go flying about.