甘心

gānxīn · HSK 7

be willing

🍬💗 甘 sweet + 心 heart = a sweetened heart, willing and content

甘 means sweet (the same character as in 甘蔗 sugarcane), and 心 is heart. A heart sweetened toward something is one that accepts it gladly — hence willing, pleased, or resigned without bitterness.

心 — pictograph of a heart with chambers and aorta
心 is a pictograph showing a stylized heart, with strokes representing the organ's chambers and the aorta at the top. Originally meaning the physical heart, it broadened to cover mind, feelings, and intentions, since ancient Chinese thought located thinking and emotion in the heart.

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