良心 liángxīn conscience
How to remember 良心: 良 good + 心 heart = conscience.
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How it is used
- Conscience - one's inner moral sense - 凭良心做事 (píng liángxīn zuòshì) to act according to conscience, 没良心 (méi liángxīn) heartless/ungrateful.
- Also modern praise: 良心企业 / 良心之作 = an honest, conscientious company or a work made with integrity.
- Colloquial and moral register; 昧着良心 = to act against one's conscience.
Example sentences
- 他对一个生病的男人说这种事真是没良心。 Tā duì yígè shēngbìng de nánrén shuō zhèzhǒng shì zhēnshì méiliángxīn.It was heartless of him to say such a thing to the sick man.