心甘情愿
xīn gān qíng yuàn
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 心甘情願
Completely willing; glad to do something or to pay a price without being forced. Often used for sacrifices made out of love or loyalty.
Hoàn toàn tự nguyện, vui lòng làm hay chấp nhận một điều gì mà không ai ép buộc. Thường dùng khi nói về sự hi sinh vì tình yêu hay vì người thân.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tâm cam tình nguyện” (tam-cam-tinh-nguyen). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “心甘情愿” mean?
Completely willing; glad to do something or to pay a price without being forced. Often used for sacrifices made out of love or loyalty. Literally: heart content, feelings willing
Is “心甘情愿” formal or informal?
心甘情愿 is generally neutral.