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心眼儿

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

心眼儿 [xīnyǎnr]
  1. 1. heart; mind
    看到孩子们这么幸福,大家从心眼儿里感到高兴。
    It warms the cockles of the heart to see the children so happy.
    他们婚后很幸福,我从心眼儿里为他们高兴。
  2. 2. intention; a person's mind
    心眼儿
    good-natured; kindhearted
    没安好心眼儿
    have bad intentions; be up to no good
    这个人心眼儿特坏。
    他这么做显然没安什么好心眼儿
  3. 3. intelligence; cleverness
    他有心眼儿,什么事都想得周到。
    He is alert and thoughtful.
    长点心眼儿,别上人家的当。
    Smarten up and don't be taken in.
    这个孩子有心眼儿,会办事。
    他不长心眼儿,又被人骗了。
  4. 4. unfounded doubts; unnecessary misgivings
    心眼儿太多
    full of unnecessary misgivings; oversensitive
    心眼儿多,喜欢猜忌。
  5. 5. tolerance
    心眼儿
    oversensitive; petty
    心眼儿小,没经过大世面。

Examples

心眼儿
suit one down to the ground
一个心眼儿
be of one mind
他看起来很凶,其实心眼儿挺好的。
He looks fierce, but in fact he's kindhearted. 看起来
我看爷爷对弟弟是有偏心眼儿的。
I believe that grandpa is partial to my younger brother. 偏心眼儿
看到孩子们这么幸福,大家从心眼儿里感到高兴。
It warms the cockles of the heart to see the children so happy. 心眼儿
心眼儿
good-natured; kindhearted 心眼儿
没安好心眼儿
have bad intentions; be up to no good 心眼儿
他有心眼儿,什么事都想得周到。
He is alert and thoughtful. 心眼儿
长点心眼儿,别上人家的当。
Smarten up and don't be taken in. 心眼儿
心眼儿太多
full of unnecessary misgivings; oversensitive 心眼儿

Collocations

心眼儿
to be good-natured
心眼儿
to play tricks
心眼儿
narrow-minded
心眼儿
to be narrow-minded

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