What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 心疼 mean?

心疼 xīnténg

to love dearly; to feel sorry for

It can also mean

  • to grudge (the cost)

Its characters

  1. 心 xīn heart
  2. 疼 téng to ache

In a sentence

看到孩子生病,妈妈很心疼。 Seeing her child sick, the mother felt terribly sorry for him.

今天,批评高考的声音也不少:有人觉得一次考试决定不了一个人的未来,有人心疼孩子们为了分数熬夜刷题。

From 高考是什么? · What is the gaokao?

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