"心猿意馬" meaning in 漢語

See 心猿意馬 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ i⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ jiː³³ maː¹³/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 心猿意马 [Simplified-Chinese], 意馬心猿 [Traditional-Chinese, alternative], 意马心猿 [Simplified-Chinese, alternative]
  1. 佛教以猿馬性喜外馳來形容眾生的心,不能安住,喜攀緣外境
    Sense id: zh-心猿意馬-zh-phrase-YrjZI9jP Categories (other): 有引文的文言文詞
  2. 形容心意不定,不能自持
    Sense id: zh-心猿意馬-zh-phrase-BveBCxyZ Categories (other): 有引文的官話詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 心神不定 (xīnshénbùdìng), 三翻四復 [Traditional-Chinese], 三翻四复 [Simplified-Chinese], 三心二意 (sānxīn'èryì)
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "意馬心猿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "意马心猿"
    }
  ],
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhīsǐmǐtuō",
      "word": "之死靡它"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuānxīnzhìzhì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "專心致志"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuānxīnzhìzhì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "专心致志"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「心」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「意」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「猿」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「馬」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "心猿意马",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "意馬心猿",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "意马心猿",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的文言文詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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              31,
              42
            ]
          ],
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            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《敦煌變文集新書.卷二.維摩詰經講經文》",
          "roman": "Zhuó dìng shēnchén mò cèliáng, xīnyuányìmǎ bà diānkuáng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "卓定深沉莫測量,心猿意馬罷顛狂。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《敦煌變文集新書.卷二.維摩詰經講經文》",
          "roman": "Zhuó dìng shēnchén mò cèliáng, xīnyuányìmǎ bà diānkuáng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "卓定深沉莫测量,心猿意马罢颠狂。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "佛教以猿馬性喜外馳來形容眾生的心,不能安住,喜攀緣外境"
      ],
      "id": "zh-心猿意馬-zh-phrase-YrjZI9jP"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的官話詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              14,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "元.關漢卿《望江亭》第一折",
          "roman": "Ǎn cóngjīn bǎ xīnyuányìmǎ jǐn láo shuān, jiāng fánhuá bù guà yǎn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "俺從今把心猿意馬緊牢栓,將繁華不掛眼。"
        },
        {
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            [
              14,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "元.關漢卿《望江亭》第一折",
          "roman": "Ǎn cóngjīn bǎ xīnyuányìmǎ jǐn láo shuān, jiāng fánhuá bù guà yǎn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "俺从今把心猿意马紧牢栓,将繁华不挂眼。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《警世通言.卷二.莊子休鼓盆成大道》",
          "roman": "Nà póniáng xīnyuányìmǎ, ànnà bùzhù.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那婆娘心猿意馬,按捺不住。"
        },
        {
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            [
              11,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《警世通言.卷二.莊子休鼓盆成大道》",
          "roman": "Nà póniáng xīnyuányìmǎ, ànnà bùzhù.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那婆娘心猿意马,按捺不住。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "形容心意不定,不能自持"
      ],
      "id": "zh-心猿意馬-zh-phrase-BveBCxyZ"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnyuányìmǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ jyun⁴ ji³ maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnyuányìmǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sinyuányìmǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsin¹-yüan²-i⁴-ma³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syīn-ywán-yì-mǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shinyuanyihmaa"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sinʹjuanʹima",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "синьюаньима"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ i⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ jyun⁴ ji³ maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sām yùhn yi máh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ jyn⁴ ji³ maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sem¹ yun⁴ yi³ ma⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ jiː³³ maː¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xīnshénbùdìng",
      "word": "心神不定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "三翻四復"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "三翻四复"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānxīn'èryì",
      "word": "三心二意"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "心猿意馬"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "意馬心猿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "意马心猿"
    }
  ],
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhīsǐmǐtuō",
      "word": "之死靡它"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuānxīnzhìzhì",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "專心致志"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuānxīnzhìzhì",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "专心致志"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「心」的漢語詞",
    "帶「意」的漢語詞",
    "帶「猿」的漢語詞",
    "帶「馬」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "心猿意马",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "意馬心猿",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "意马心猿",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的文言文詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《敦煌變文集新書.卷二.維摩詰經講經文》",
          "roman": "Zhuó dìng shēnchén mò cèliáng, xīnyuányìmǎ bà diānkuáng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "卓定深沉莫測量,心猿意馬罷顛狂。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《敦煌變文集新書.卷二.維摩詰經講經文》",
          "roman": "Zhuó dìng shēnchén mò cèliáng, xīnyuányìmǎ bà diānkuáng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Classical-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "卓定深沉莫测量,心猿意马罢颠狂。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "佛教以猿馬性喜外馳來形容眾生的心,不能安住,喜攀緣外境"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的官話詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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              14,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "元.關漢卿《望江亭》第一折",
          "roman": "Ǎn cóngjīn bǎ xīnyuányìmǎ jǐn láo shuān, jiāng fánhuá bù guà yǎn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "俺從今把心猿意馬緊牢栓,將繁華不掛眼。"
        },
        {
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            [
              14,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "元.關漢卿《望江亭》第一折",
          "roman": "Ǎn cóngjīn bǎ xīnyuányìmǎ jǐn láo shuān, jiāng fánhuá bù guà yǎn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "俺从今把心猿意马紧牢栓,将繁华不挂眼。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《警世通言.卷二.莊子休鼓盆成大道》",
          "roman": "Nà póniáng xīnyuányìmǎ, ànnà bùzhù.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那婆娘心猿意馬,按捺不住。"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "《警世通言.卷二.莊子休鼓盆成大道》",
          "roman": "Nà póniáng xīnyuányìmǎ, ànnà bùzhù.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Written-vernacular-Chinese",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "那婆娘心猿意马,按捺不住。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "形容心意不定,不能自持"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnyuányìmǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ jyun⁴ ji³ maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xīnyuányìmǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sinyuányìmǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hsin¹-yüan²-i⁴-ma³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syīn-ywán-yì-mǎ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shinyuanyihmaa"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sinʹjuanʹima",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "синьюаньима"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕin⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ i⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ jyun⁴ ji³ maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sām yùhn yi máh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sam¹ jyn⁴ ji³ maa⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sem¹ yun⁴ yi³ ma⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²¹ jiː³³ maː¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xīnshénbùdìng",
      "word": "心神不定"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "三翻四復"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "三翻四复"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sānxīn'èryì",
      "word": "三心二意"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "心猿意馬"
}

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