恒心

恆心

héngxīn

noun #39,350

Meanings

HSK 3

学外语要有恒心。

Xué wàiyǔ yào yǒu héngxīn.

Learning a foreign language takes perseverance.

HSK 7-9

他做事缺乏恒心，总是半途而废。

Tā zuòshì quēfá héngxīn, zǒngshì bàntú'érfèi.

He lacks perseverance and always gives up halfway.

history

Mencius tied it to a steady livelihood: 有恒产者有恒心 "those with steady property have steady hearts" (《孟子·滕文公上》).

memory

恒 means "lasting", as in 永恒 "eternal", so 恒心 is a heart that stays the course. The chengyu 持之以恒 "to persevere" uses the same 恒.

恒 héng

心 xīn