Definition

Noun: - One's innermost heart, one's deepest feelings and conscience: Refers to the most profound and sincere part of a person's emotions, thoughts, and moral sense. It is the core of one's being where true intentions and feelings reside.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Lời nói của anh ấy chạm đến tâm can tôi. (His words touched my innermost heart.)
  • Cô ấy giữ kín nỗi buồn trong tâm can. (She keeps the sorrow deep within her heart.)
  • Hành động đó xuất phát từ tâm can. (That action comes from the depths of one's heart.)

Advanced Usage

• "Thấu tâm can": To understand someone's deepest feelings thoroughly.

  • Chỉ có mẹ mới thấu được tâm can tôi. (Only my mother can truly understand my innermost heart.)

• "Gửi gắm tâm can": To entrust one's deepest feelings or sincere thoughts.

  • Anh ấy gửi gắm tất cả tâm can vào bức thư. (He poured all his heartfelt feelings into the letter.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tâm tư (noun): Thoughts and feelings, state of mind. (Often refers to unspoken, pondered feelings.)

  • Anh ấy không biết cách bày tỏ tâm tư của mình. (He doesn't know how to express his thoughts and feelings.)

• Lòng dạ (noun): Heart and mind, one's inner self. (Similar to tâm can but can sometimes imply intention or character.)

  • Con người ấy có lòng dạ ngay thẳng. (That person has an upright heart.)

• Đáy lòng (noun): The bottom of one's heart, deepest part of the heart.

  • Từ đáy lòng, tôi biết ơn cô ấy. (From the bottom of my heart, I am grateful to her.)

Synonyms

• Lòng (noun): Heart, mind. (A more general term for inner feelings.)
• Cõi lòng (noun): The realm of the heart, one's inner world. (Poetic.)

Related Phrases

• "Tâm can rối bời": A troubled, unsettled heart.
  • Sau tin đó, tâm can cô ấy rối bời. (After that news, her heart was in turmoil.)

Related Idioms

• "Tâm can như lửa đốt": One's heart is as if burning with fire; extreme anxiety or torment.
  • Chờ tin con, bà ấy tâm can như lửa đốt. (Waiting for news of her child, her heart was burning with anxiety.)

noun

1. one's intermost heart