赤子之心

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Chinese

red child; newborn baby; neonate 's; him/her/it; this heart; mind
simp. and trad.
(赤子之心)
赤子
Literally: “heart of a newborn baby”.

Etymology

From Mencius .

大人不失赤子之心 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
Dàrén zhě, bùshī qí chìzǐzhīxīn zhě yě.
A gentleman is that who do not lose the purity as an infant.

Pronunciation


Idiom

赤子之心

  1. a pure heart