conscience; innate moral sense
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
conscience; innate moral sense; natural goodness
Often used in negative contexts or fixed phrases such as 丧尽天良. Slightly more literary or emphatic than 良心.
Tā他
sàng丧
jìn尽
tiān天
liáng良
，
jìng竟
rán然
qī欺
piàn骗
lǎo老
rén人
。
He has completely lost his conscience, to the point of deceiving elderly people.
Tiān天
liáng良
fā发
xiàn现
，
tā他
zhǔ主
dòng动
chéng承
rèn认
le了
cuò错
wù误
。
His conscience stirred, and he voluntarily admitted his mistake.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
rén人
háo毫
wú无
tiān天
liáng良
kě可
yán言
。
This kind of person has no conscience whatsoever.