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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
無心
- without the desire or intention; unwitting
Adverb
無心
- accidentally; inadvertently; unwittingly
- not in the mood to
《無心睡眠》 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
《无心睡眠》 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- “mou4 sam1 seoi6 min4”
- "Not in the Mood to Sleep" (a song by Leslie Cheung)
Synonyms
- (accidentally): 無意／无意 (wúyì)
Noun
無心
- (Buddhism) state of no-mindness
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
Noun
無心 • (mushin)
- being something that has no heart, as a plant or rock
- unreservedly asking people for money
- (Buddhism) setting free one's mind from distracting thoughts
Verb
無心する • (mushin suru) suru (stem 無心し (mushin shi), past 無心した (mushin shita))
- beg someone for
Etymology 2
Noun
無心 • (mushin)
- innocence; having not a care in the world
- imprudence or lack of judgment; naïveté
- lack of sophistication; innocence