Meaning of 小心翼翼
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiǎoxīnyìyì
- (idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
小心翼翼 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
她小心翼翼地走。
She walked very carefully.
汤姆小心翼翼地把刀子上的指纹擦掉。
Tom carefully wiped his fingerprints off the knife.
警察小心翼翼地抬起箱子。
The policeman lifted the box carefully.
我妈妈小心翼翼地打开门。
My mother opened the door very carefully.
老人小心翼翼地过了马路。
The old man walked across the road carefully.
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小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes
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心 xīn · heart · 4 strokes
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翼 yì · wings · 17 strokes
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翼 yì · wings · 17 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 小心翼翼.
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | young lady; miss |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 小朋友 | xiǎopéngyǒu | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小孩儿 | xiǎoháir | erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] |
| 小学生 | xiǎoxuéshēng | primary school student; schoolchild |
| 小心 | xiǎoxīn | to be careful; to take care |
| 开心 | kāixīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 关心 | guānxīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 中心 | zhōngxīn | center; heart; core |
| 放心 | fàngxīn | to feel relieved; to feel reassured |
| 心情 | xīnqíng | mood; frame of mind |
Questions about 小心翼翼
What does 小心翼翼 mean?
小心翼翼 (xiǎoxīn-yìyì) means "(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent".
How do you write 小心翼翼?
小心翼翼 is made of 4 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 心 (4 strokes), 翼 (17 strokes), 翼 (17 strokes). That is 41 strokes in total.
Is 小心翼翼 an HSK word?
Yes. 小心翼翼 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.