心病

• 拼音: xīn bìng
• 汉字拆解: 心 = heart (pictograph); 病 = 疒 (sickness radical) + 丙 (fire — fever and disease)

含义

A worry or concern that weighs heavily on the mind; a preoccupation or psychological burden; a heartache.

Refers to a deep-seated worry, hidden anxiety, or emotional wound that a person cannot let go of. Often describes something the person is reluctant to talk about. The proverb '心病还须心药医' (a heart ailment must be cured with the right remedy) is closely associated with this term.

例句

1. 儿子的婚事一直是老人的心病，他日日夜夜都在担心。
2. 这件陈年旧事成了她心中多年难以消散的心病。
3. 心病不治，身体也会跟着垮掉，要学会适时放下。

用法指南

语境: family, psychology, everyday, literature

语气: negative

正确说法

• 父母年迈却仍独居在外，这一直是他多年来最大的心病，令他寝食难安。(His elderly parents still living alone far away had always been his greatest worry, robbing him of sleep and appetite for years.)
• 要彻底消除这块心病，还需要从根本上解决双方之间的积怨与误解。(To completely remove this burden on the mind, it is necessary to fundamentally resolve the accumulated grievances and misunderstandings between the two parties.)

错误说法

• 我有心病 meaning 'I have a heart disease' in medical contexts — use 心脏病 for cardiac illness; 心病 is psychological/emotional

起源与历史

心 (heart/mind) + 病 (illness/ailment) — literally an 'illness of the heart,' i.e. a mental or emotional burden

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal