死心

• 拼音: sǐ xīn
• 汉字拆解: 死 = 歹 (bad, decay) + 匕 — to die; 心 = pictograph of a heart — heart, mind

含义

To give up all hope; to resign oneself completely. To abandon desire or expectation for something, having accepted that it is unattainable.

Conveys a state of having fully let go of a previously cherished wish, ambition, or attachment. Can be used to describe someone's deliberate resolution (他终于死心了 — he finally gave up) or to advise someone to accept reality (你死心吧 — give up, it's not happening). The phrase implies finality and emotional closure.

例句

1. 多次申请被拒后，他终于死心，放弃了出国留学的念头，转而专注于国内发展。
2. 朋友们纷纷劝她死心，告诉她那个人根本不值得她如此坚持。
3. 即便希望渺茫，她也不愿轻易死心，仍然坚持寻找解决问题的可能性。

用法指南

语境: relationships, ambition, giving up, advice

语气: resigned

正确说法

• 面对重重阻碍，他意识到继续坚持下去只会白费精力，于是下定决心彻底死心，重新规划人生方向。(Faced with obstacle after obstacle, he realised that persisting would only waste his energy, and so resolved to give up entirely and map out a new direction for his life.)
• 她用了整整三年的时间才真正死心，接受了那段感情已经无法挽回的事实。(It took her a full three years to truly let go and accept that the relationship was beyond repair.)

错误说法

• 不要将 死心 用于轻描淡写地说'不感兴趣' — 它特指对曾深切执着之事的彻底放弃，感情色彩较重

起源与历史

死 (dead, to die) + 心 (heart, mind) — for the heart to die; to extinguish the flame of hope or desire within oneself

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal