初 心

chū xīndictionary entry

(one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)

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Original source entry:

初心 初心 [chu1 xin1] /(one's) original intention, aspiration etc/(Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)/

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初
chū
(bound form) at first; initially / (bound form) first; early / (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chū sān] "the third"
心
xīn
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]

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