shí
zhǐ
lián
xīn

idiom
common

Meaning of 十指连心

十指连心 means pain in any of the ten fingers is felt in the heart; used figuratively to describe an extremely close relationship where one feels another's pain or joy as one's own. Pronounced shí zhǐ lián xīn.

  • pain in any of the ten fingers is felt in the heart; used figuratively to describe an extremely close relationship where one feels another's pain or joy as one's own

Definitions & Examples

huà
shuō
shí
zhǐ
lián
xīn
 
hái
zi
shēng
bìng
le
 
qīn
zuì
nán
shòu
 

As the saying goes, the fingers are connected to the heart; when a child falls ill, the mother suffers the most.

Shí
zhǐ
lián
xīn
 
yuán
gōng
chū
le
ān
quán
shì
 
lǎo
bǎn
xīn
hǎo
shòu
 

We are all intimately connected; when an employee has a safety accident, the boss feels terrible too.

Kàn
dào
jiā
xiāng
shòu
zāi
 
xīn
fén
 
zhēn
shì
shí
zhǐ
lián
xīn
a
 

Seeing his hometown stricken by disaster, he burned with anxiety—truly, the heart feels what the fingers feel.

Shí
zhǐ
lián
xīn
 
tóng
bāo
shòu
 
men
néng
zuò
shì
guǎn
 

We are bound heart and hand; how can we sit idly by while our compatriots suffer?