死心

死⫽心 (verb-object)

1. to give up on; to drop

   你就死了這條心吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   你就死了这条心吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ jiù sǐ le zhè tiáo xīn ba. [Pinyin]

   Just drop it.

   • 必須懂得，沒有肅清的暗藏的反革命分子是不會死心的，他們必定要乘機搗亂。 [MSC, trad.]
     必须懂得，没有肃清的暗藏的反革命分子是不会死心的，他们必定要乘机捣乱。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Bìxū dǒngde, méiyǒu sùqīng de àncáng de fǎngémìng fènzǐ shì bù huì sǐxīn de, tāmen bìdìng yào chéngjī dǎoluàn. [Pinyin]

     It must be understood that the hidden counter-revolutionaries still at large will not take things lying down, but will certainly seize even opportunity to make trouble.

• (Hokkien) 煞心

死心

1. (literary) willingness and determination to serve till death

   • 今太子走，諸善太子者，皆有死心。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今太子走，诸善太子者，皆有死心。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Jīn tàizǐ zǒu, zhū shàn tàizǐ zhě, jiē yǒu sǐxīn. [Pinyin]

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