小心翼翼

• ピンイン: xiǎo xīn yì yì
• 漢字の分解: 小 = small; 心 = pictograph of a heart — careful; 翼 = 羽 + 異 (feathers + distinctive — a wing); 翼翼 = reduplication indicating great reverence and caution

意味

細心の注意を払って、おそるおそる

A four-character idiom (成语) used to describe someone handling a situation, object, or relationship with the utmost care and restraint. Often implies nervousness or awareness of fragility. Common in both literary and everyday speech.

例文

1. 他小心翼翼地将易碎的瓷器从箱子里取出，生怕稍有不慎便会损坏。
2. 她小心翼翼地措辞，避免在谈判中触怒对方，引发不必要的冲突。
3. 在冰面上行走时，游客们个个小心翼翼，步步为营，生怕滑倒。

使い方ガイド

場面: caution, literature, daily life, negotiation

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 外科医生小心翼翼地切除肿瘤，全程保持高度专注，确保不损伤周边健康组织。(The surgeon excised the tumour with painstaking care, maintaining intense concentration throughout to ensure no damage to surrounding healthy tissue.)
• 他小心翼翼地向上司提出了自己的不同意见，措辞委婉而有分寸，避免引起误解。(He raised his dissenting view with his superior very cautiously, phrasing it diplomatically and with appropriate restraint to avoid any misunderstanding.)

避ける言い方

• 我小心翼翼地吃饭 — 小心翼翼 implies heightened caution about something fragile or risky; using it for routine actions like eating sounds unnatural unless the situation is genuinely precarious

起源と歴史

小心 (careful) + 翼翼 (cautious, reverent — from classical Chinese meaning wings folded respectfully); a 成语 from the Book of Songs (诗经)

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal