The Chinese word **心急 (xīnjí)** is a compound formed by combining two characters: **心 (xīn)**, meaning "heart" or "mind," and **急 (jí)**, meaning "urgent," "anxious," or "hurried." It follows a common grammatical structure in Chinese known as a subject-predicate compound, where the first character ("heart") acts as the subject and the second character ("urgent") describes its state. Literally, it means "the heart is urgent," which metaphorically conveys the meaning of being **impatient, anxious, or in a state of restless eagerness**, capturing the feeling of one's inner emotions rushing ahead of circumstances.