"Having a clear conscience" is an idiom.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
问心无愧
lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 问心无愧 actually appears in real sentences.
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A clear conscience is an extraordinarily soft pillow.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 问心无愧.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 问心无愧.
Directly before
- 只要问心无愧1
Directly after
- 问心无愧是2
- 问心无愧心1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 问心无愧
What does 问心无愧 mean in Chinese?
问心无愧 (wènxīnwúkuì) means lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience.
How do you pronounce 问心无愧?
问心无愧 is pronounced wènxīnwúkuì.
Is 问心无愧 an HSK word?
问心无愧 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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