降心 jiàng xīn
jiàng xīn
phrase
to lower expectations; to be condescending
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '降心', p. 88)
Contained in
- 降心相从(降心相從) to lower expectations to meet the needs of the other party; to compromise
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 2
- 卷十五 志第五 禮二 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Rituals 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 2
- 卷二百一十 列傳第九十七: 外夷三 緬國 占城 暹國 爪哇 瑠求 三嶼 馬八兒等國 Volume 210 Biographies 97: Foreign Peoples 3 - Myanmar, Champa, Siam, Java, Liuqiu, Batanes, Maba'erdengguo History of Yuan 元史 — count: 2
- 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 卷十四 梁書14: 列傳第四 羅紹威 趙犨 王珂 Volume 14 Book of Later Liang 14: Biographies 4 - Luo Shaowei, Zhao Chou, Wang Ke Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1
- 卷四十 列傳第十 賈充 楊駿 Volume 40 Biographies 10: Jia Chong; Guo Zhang; Yang Jun Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷四十三 Scroll 43 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷111 刑罰志七 Volume 111 Treatise 7: Criminal Punishment Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷八十五 列傳第七十三: 節義 Volume 85 Biographies 73: Exemplars of the Loyal and Righteous History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 卷一百 列傳第六十 自序 Volume 100 Biographies 60: Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 天子降心 (天子降心) 天子降心以逆公 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
- 降心克己 (降心剋己) 既降心克己 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two — count: 2
- 降心接下 (降心接下) 降心接下 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two — count: 2