📖 Meaning
To have everything turn out exactly as one's heart desires; to be fully satisfied and content. It describes a situation where one's wishes and expectations are completely met without disappointment.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom originates from the Qing dynasty novel Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦), Chapter 46, written by Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹). In the original text, a character remarks that things under heaven do not always turn out as satisfactorily as one might wish. The phrase conveys the ideal of complete contentment, though the original usage carries a note of irony—acknowledging that such perfect satisfaction is rare. The modern writer Duanmu Hongliang (端木蕻良) also employed it in his work Nostalgia (乡愁).
💡 Example Usage
她终于找到了一份遂心如意的工作，每天都过得很开心。
She finally found a job that fully satisfied her, and she is happy every day.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 遂心如意
- Pinyin: suì xīn rú yì
- Literal Translation: fulfill, heart, as, wish
- Category: Condition
- Characters: 4