赤子之心

Chinese

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

Etymology

From Mencius [circa 4th century BC].

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

Pronunciation

Idiom

赤子之心

  1. a pure heart
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