一德一心

Chinese

			heart and soul; wholeheartedly; of one mind
simp. and trad. (一德一心)		一德	一心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīdéyīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīdéyīxīn [Phonetic: yìdéyìxīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yidéyisin
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tê²-i¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: yī-dé-yī-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iderishin
    • Palladius: идэисинь (idɛisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

Idiom

一德一心

1. of one heart and one mind

   • 嗚呼！乃一德一心，立定厥功，惟克永世。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     呜呼！乃一德一心，立定厥功，惟克永世。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wūhū! Nǎi yīdéyīxīn, lì dìng jué gōng, wéi kè yǒngshì. [Pinyin]

     Oh! unite your energies, unite your hearts; so shall you forthwith surely accomplish the work, to last for all ages!

Synonyms

• 一心一德 (yīxīnyīdé)