선심

Sino-Korean word from 善心, from 善 (“kind”) + 心 (“mind”).

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선심 • (seonsim) (hanja 善心)

1. generosity, kindness

   Synonym: 호의(好意) (“goodwill, favor”)

   선심을 써서 구해주신 자리다.

   seonsim-eul sseoseo guhaejusin jarida.

   It's a position that he has generously found for you.

   도둑은 선심 쓰듯 동료가 훔친 물건을 돌려주었지만, 실은 자기 형량을 줄이기 위해서였다.

   dodug-eun seonsim sseudeut dongnyo-ga humchin mulgeon-eul dollyeojueotjiman, sir-eun jagi hyeongnyang-eul jurigi wihaeseo-yeotda.

   The thief returned the goods that his companion had stolen as if he were being generous, but it was really in order to reduce his own sentence.

   • 2020, “터무니없이 청구하고 선심쓰듯 깎아준다는 미국의 협상태도 [teomunieopsi cheongguhago seonsimsseudeut kkakkajundaneun migugui hyeopsangtaedo]”, in Yonhap News Agency‎:

     터무니없이 청구하고 선심쓰듯 깎아준다는 미국의 협상태도

     teomunieopsi cheongguhago seonsimsseudeut kkakkajundaneun Migug-ui hyeopsangtaedo

     America's negotiation attitude: demanding ridiculous amounts of money, then reducing the demand as if doing us a favor

2. (Buddhism) a virtuous, benevolent state of mind

The expression 선심 쓰듯 (seonsim sseudeut, literally “as if using generosity”) means "while feigning generosity; while pretending to do one a favor (but really with another purpose, or of something that should have been a given)". See the usage example and quotation above.

Sino-Korean word from 線 (“line”) + 審 (“judge”).

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선심 • (seonsim) (hanja 線審)

1. (sports) linesman (assistant referee)

Sino-Korean word from 禪 (“Zen”) + 心 (“mind”).

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선심 • (seonsim) (hanja 禪心)

1. (Buddhism) a Zen mentality, a meditative state of mind