忍心

rěn xīn

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

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cannot bear to

unable to bear or have the heart to

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to be willing to part with sth

to be willing to part with or do

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callous; heartless

when hardening one's heart to do something

Mostly used in negative form 不忍心 or rhetorical questions 怎么忍心 to express that one cannot bear to do something.

Cannot be used in affirmative statements like 我忍心离开; always appears with negation or in questions.

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我不忍心告诉她真相。

I don't have the heart to tell her the truth.

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can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)

heart

to bear