交心

jiāoxīn

verb #24,343

Meanings

1 to open one's heart
2 to have a heart-to-heart conversation
3 to be candid with someone

Characters

to hand over; to exchange

Examples

他们坐下来好好交心，解开了误会。

Tāmen zuòxia lái hǎohǎo jiāoxīn, jiěkāi le wùhuì.

They sat down for a heart-to-heart and cleared up the misunderstanding.

老朋友之间需要时常交心。

Lǎopéngyou zhījiān xūyào shícháng jiāoxīn.

Old friends need to open their hearts to each other from time to time.

Tips

memory

交 (jiāo) = to exchange + 心 (xīn) = heart — literally 'exchange hearts', a vivid image for total honesty.

Stroke Order

交 jiāo

心 xīn