谨慎
jǐn shèn
Pinyin

Definition

谨慎
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jǐn shèn
  1. cautious
  2. prudent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

谨慎
jǐn shèn
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 prudent
不慎
bù shèn
  1. 1 incautious
  2. 2 inattentive
审慎
shěn shèn
  1. 1 prudent
  2. 2 cautious
慎
shèn
  1. 1 careful
  2. 2 cautious
慎入
shèn rù
  1. 1 keep away!
  2. 2 proceed with caution!
慎言
shèn yán
  1. 1 to speak cautiously
  2. 2 to guard one's tongue
慎重
shèn zhòng
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 careful
  3. 3 prudent
慎密
shèn mì
  1. 1 cautious
  2. 2 with meticulous care
慎独
shèn dú
  1. 1 to preserve a proper behavior in private life
慎终追远
shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn
  1. 1 to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
戒慎
jiè shèn
  1. 1 vigilant
  2. 2 cautious
石原慎太郎
Shí yuán Shèn tài láng
  1. 1 Ishihara Jintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo since 1999
许慎
Xǔ Shèn
  1. 1 Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuō wén Jiě zì]

Idioms (4)

一着不慎，满盘皆输
yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū
  1. 1 One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
以慎为键
yǐ shèn wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
小心谨慎
xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn
  1. 1 cautious and timid (idiom); prudent
  2. 2 careful
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
  1. 1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)

Sample Sentences

慎独？意思是在只有自己一个人的时候也要谨慎吗？
shèndú ？yìsi shì zài zhǐyǒu zìjǐ yī ge rén de shíhou yě yào jǐnshèn ma ？
Preserving proper behavior in one's private life? Does that mean when you're on your own you should also be prudent and cautious in your behavior?
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你果然还是克制不住疯狂“剁手”的欲望呀!只是现在经济下行，还是应当谨慎支出，当心不要“入不敷出”呢。
nǐ guǒrán háishi kèzhì bùzhù fēngkuáng “duò shǒu ”de yùwàng ya !zhǐshì xiànzài jīngjì xiàxíng ，háishi yīngdāng jǐnshèn zhīchū ，dāngxīn bùyào “rùbùfūchū ”ne 。
You really cannot control your desire to shop! However as the economy is slowing down it’s better to be careful with our expenses to avoid overspending.
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跟北方人比，南方人就比较小心谨慎。如果做不到，就不会答应别人。
gēn běifāngrén bǐ ，nánfāngrén jiù bǐjiào xiǎoxīn jǐnshèn 。rúguǒ zuò bu dào ，jiù bù huì dāying biérén 。
Compared to Northerners, Southerners are more cautious. If they can't do something, then they won't agree to do it.
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反正中国人不能理解这个思路。我们比较小心谨慎，枪支在中国一直是管制的。
fǎnzhèng Zhōngguórén bùnéng lǐjiě zhè ge sīlù 。wǒmen bǐjiào xiǎoxīn jǐnshèn ，qiāngzhī zài Zhōngguó yīzhí shì guǎnzhì de 。
Anyway, Chinese people can't understand this way of thinking. We're more cautious, and guns in China are strictly controlled.
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没有。我看现在股市过热，还是谨慎点好。
méiyǒu 。wǒ kàn xiànzài gǔshì guòrè ，háishì jǐnshèn diǎn hǎo 。
Nope. I think the stock market is overheated now, so it's good to be a bit cautious.
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