童心未泯

Chinese

		childlike innocence; childish heart; child-like inner self	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	obliterate; submerge
simp. and trad. (童心未泯)		童心	未	泯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngxīnwèimǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngxīnwèimǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngsinwèimǐn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-hsin¹-wei⁴-min³
    • Yale: túng-syīn-wèi-mǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngshinweymiin
    • Palladius: тунсиньвэйминь (tunsinʹvɛjminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹ min²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

童心未泯

1. one's childish disposition remains even though he/she is grownup