门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 心肠 心腸 xīn cháng heart / intention / one's inclination / state of mind / to have the heart for sth / mood syn 谈心 談心 tán xīn to have a heart-to-heart chat syn 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 活塞 huó sāi piston / valve syn 阀门 閥門 fá mén valve (mechanical) syn 满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart syn 呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn 瓣膜 bàn mó valve (biological) syn 气门 氣門 qì mén valve (esp. tire valve) / accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门) / stigma (zool.) / spiracle 电子管 電子管 diàn zǐ guǎn valve (electronics) / vacuum tube syn 促膝谈心 促膝談心 cù xī tán xīn (idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk syn 沁人心脾 qìn rén xīn pí lit. to penetrate deeply into the heart (idiom) / fig. to gladden the heart / to be refreshing syn 安全阀 安全閥 ān quán fá safety valve 节流 節流 jié liú to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke 电磁阀 電磁閥 diàn cí fá solenoid valve 球阀 球閥 qiú fá ball valve 阀 閥 fá powerful individual, family or group / clique / (loanword) valve syn 瓣 bàn petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc syn 活门 活門 huó mén valve syn 罨 yǎn foment / valve syn 心 xīn heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn 记住 記住 jì zhu to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart syn 中心 zhōng xīn center / heart / core syn 认真 認真 rèn zhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart syn 心脏 心臟 xīn zàng heart / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn 心里 心裡 xīn li chest / heart / mind syn 内心 內心 nèi xīn heart / innermost being / (math.) incenter syn 心中 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart syn 心脏病 心臟病 xīn zàng bìng heart disease 心灵 心靈 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit syn 心扉 xīn fēi inner heart / soul syn 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart syn 随心所欲 隨心所欲 suí xīn suǒ yù (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires / to do as one pleases syn 痛快 tòng kuài delighted / to one's heart's content / straightforward / also pr. [tong4 kuai5] syn 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 全身心 quán shēn xīn wholeheartedly / (to devote oneself) heart and soul syn 心烦意乱 心煩意亂 xīn fán yì luàn lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) / distraught with anxiety syn 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly / heart and soul syn 心血 xīn xuè heart's blood / expenditure (for some project) / meticulous care syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 尽兴 盡興 jìn xìng to enjoy oneself to the full / to one's heart's content syn 忍心 rěn xīn to have the heart to do sth / to steel oneself to a task syn 全心全意 quán xīn quán yì heart and soul / wholeheartedly syn 心头 心頭 xīn tóu one's heart / one's mind syn 心态 心態 xīn tài attitude (of the heart) / state of one's psyche / way of thinking / mentality syn 心胸 xīn xiōng heart / mind / ambition / aspiration syn 耿耿于怀 耿耿於懷 gěng gěng yú huái to take troubles to heart (idiom) / brooding syn 扪心自问 捫心自問 mén xīn zì wèn to ask oneself honestly / to search in one's heart syn 心肝 xīn gān darling / (in negative sentences) heart / humanity syn 心眼 xīn yǎn heart / intention / conscience / consideration / cleverness / tolerance syn 灰心 huī xīn to lose heart / to be discouraged syn 追问 追問 zhuī wèn to question closely / to investigate in detail / to examine minutely / to get to the heart of the matter syn 赏心悦目 賞心悅目 shǎng xīn yuè mù warms the heart and delights the eye (idiom) / pleasing / delightful syn 心动 心動 xīn dòng heartbeat / heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected / aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc) 畅饮 暢飲 chàng yǐn to have a few drinks / to drink to one's heart's content syn 心室 xīn shì ventricle (heart) 开怀 開懷 kāi huái to one's heart's content / without restraint syn 可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person syn 畅所欲言 暢所欲言 chàng suǒ yù yán lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom) / to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content syn 心房 xīn fáng heart (as the seat of emotions) / cardiac atrium syn 尽心 盡心 jìn xīn with all of one's heart syn 芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 纵情 縱情 zòng qíng to your heart's content syn 纯情 純情 chún qíng pure and innocent / a pure heart syn 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 花心 huā xīn fickle in love / unfaithful / heart of a flower (pistil and stamen) 问心无愧 問心無愧 wèn xīn wú kuì lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom) / with a clear conscience syn 得心应手 得心應手 dé xīn yìng shǒu lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily syn 忧心忡忡 憂心忡忡 yōu xīn chōng chōng deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom) syn 心肌梗塞 xīn jī gěng sè myocardial infarction / heart attack 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) syn 惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping / hair-raising / breathtaking syn 刻骨铭心 刻骨銘心 kè gǔ míng xīn lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable syn 心力衰竭 xīn lì shuāi jié heart failure 一门心思 一門心思 yī mén xīn si to set one's heart on sth (idiom) syn 心病 xīn bìng anxiety / sore point / secret worry / mental disorder / heart disease (medicine) syn 揪心 jiū xīn lit. grips the heart / worried / anxious syn 剖腹 pōu fù to cut open the abdomen / to disembowel / to speak from the heart 称心如意 稱心如意 chèn xīn rú yì (idiom) after one's own heart / gratifying / satisfactory / everything one could wish syn 满腔 滿腔 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with / full of (joy) syn 心惊肉跳 心驚肉跳 xīn jīng ròu tiào lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster syn 心惊胆战 心驚膽戰 xīn jīng dǎn zhàn lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom) / prostrate with fear / scared witless syn 百感交集 bǎi gǎn jiāo jí all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart syn 冠心病 guān xīn bìng coronary heart disease 居心 jū xīn to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind syn 红桃 紅桃 hóng táo heart ♥ (in card games) 触目惊心 觸目驚心 chù mù jīng xīn lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) / shocking / horrible to see / a ghastly sight syn 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat syn 胸襟 xiōng jīn lapel of jacket / heart / aspiration / vision syn 五脏 五臟 wǔ zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4] syn 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom) / sb has one's absolute confidence / to trust completely / to confide in sb with entire sincerity syn 童心 tóng xīn childish heart / childish innocence syn 心旷神怡 心曠神怡 xīn kuàng shén yí lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom) / carefree and relaxed syn 方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn 背书 背書 bèi shū to recite (a text) from memory / to learn a text by heart / to back / to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing / endorsement syn 熟记 熟記 shú jì to learn by heart / to memorize 