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潜意识

qián yì shí · qian yi shi

Traditional 潛意識

Meaning

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  1. unconscious mind
  2. subconscious mind
  3. subconsciousness
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In a conversation

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The feet remember

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)我(wǒ)走(zǒu)错(cuò)路(lù)了(le)

    Today I went the wrong way.

  2. Liangliang

    怎么(zěnme)了(le)？

    What happened?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)搬家(bānjiā)了(le)，可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)还(hái)往(wǎng)老(lǎo)房子(fángzi)那边(nàbian)走(zǒu)

    I moved house, but I still walked toward the old home.

  4. Liangliang

    这(zhè)是(shì)潜意识(qiányìshí)，你(nǐ)的(de)脚(jiǎo)记得(jìde)老(lǎo)路(lù)

    That is the subconscious. Your feet remember the old road.

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)的(de)潜意识(qiányìshí)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)还(hái)认路(rènlù)！

    Right. My subconscious knows the way better than I do!

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In a sentence

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01

她(tā)的(de)潜(qián)意(yì)识(shí)里(lǐ)一(yì)直(zhí)藏(cáng)着(zhe)对(duì)失(shī)败(bài)的(de)恐(kǒng)惧(jù)。

Deep in her subconscious, she has always harbored a fear of failure.

02

广(guǎng)告(gào)常(cháng)常(cháng)影(yǐng)响(xiǎng)消(xiāo)费(fèi)者(zhě)的(de)潜(qián)意(yì)识(shí)。

Advertisements often influence consumers' subconscious minds.

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