"minds" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
宣传工作 宣傳工作 hearts and minds campaign
灵犀 靈犀 líng xī rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers / fig. mutual sensitivity / tacit exchange of romantic feelings / a meeting of minds
毒害 dú hài to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc / to poison (people's minds) / to corrupt / pernicious influence syn
三心二意 sān xīn èr yì in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying syn
井水不犯河水 jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ (saying) everyone minds their own business syn
英雄所见略同 英雄所見略同 yīng xióng suǒ jiàn lüè tóng lit. heroes usually agree (idiom) / Great minds think alike.
雅人深致 雅人深緻 yǎ rén shēn zhì refined pleasure of poetic minds
兰交 蘭交 lán jiāo close friendship / a meeting of minds
道高益安，势高益危 道高益安，勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
争取群众的工作 爭取群眾的工作 hearts and minds campaign
开脑洞 開腦洞 kāi nǎo dòng to blow people's minds with highly imaginative, bizarre ideas
五心六意 wǔ xīn liù yì (idiom) Describes a wavering, unsettled mind that cannot make up its mind. It is equivalent to being of two minds or hesitating.
震撼人心 zhèn hàn rén xīn (idiom) Describes an event that deeply shakes people’s hearts and minds.
乱世之音 亂世之音 luàn shì zhī yīn (idiom) Refers to music that disturbs the social order and unsettles people’s minds.
振聋启聩 zhèn lóng qǐ kuì (idiom) To awaken confused and insensitive minds through the power of speech or writing. It describes an especially powerful influence.
昭聋发聩 zhāo lóng fā kuì (idiom) To make even deaf people hear. Figuratively, it refers to words or writings that provide powerful enlightenment and awaken even confused or numb minds.
疑事无功，疑行无名 疑事無功，疑行無名 yí shì wú gōng，yí xíng wú míng (idiom) Hesitation prevents success / acting with doubts produces no results. It is used to urge people to make up their minds and act decisively.
砺世磨钝 礪世磨鈍 lì shì mó dùn (idiom) To encourage society and cultivate those who are ignorant. It refers to educating people and awakening their minds.
神往神来 shén wǎng shén lái (idiom) Refers to a mutual spiritual understanding and a deep communication between minds.
积讹成蠹 jī é chéng dù (idiom) Errors repeated and passed down over time eventually corrupt people’s minds. The expression condemns the gradual entrenchment of mistaken ideas.
移国动众 yí guó dòng zhòng (idiom) To undermine the foundations of the state and unsettle the people’s minds.
警愦觉聋 警憒覺聾 jǐng kuì jué lóng (idiom) To issue words or a message powerful enough to awaken confused minds and stir the numb.
香风毒雾 香風毒霧 xiāng fēng dú wù (idiom) A metaphor for a luxurious and vulgar lifestyle that corrupts people’s minds and wears down their will.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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