口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
Pinyin
Definition
口是心非
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- duplicity
- hypocrisy (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
- 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
- 2 to multitask
- 3 to divide one's attention
一是一,二是二
- 1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
- 2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
- 3 unequivocal
一身是胆
- 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
- 2 intrepid
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
Sample Sentences
口是心非的人很麻烦
People who don't say what they mean are troublesome.
我前男友常常口是心非。
My ex-boyfriend would alway speak with a forked tongue.
口是心非
not say what one means
他和我都不喜欢口是心非的人。
Neither he nor I don’t like people who don't say what they mean.
他常常口是心非。
He rarely says what he really means.