内心戏

內心戲

nèixīnxì

noun

Meanings

1 inner monologue
2 dramatic thoughts playing out in one's head
3 (theater) psychological/internal performance

Characters

Examples

她表面冷静，内心戏其实非常丰富。

Tā biǎomiàn lěngjìng, nèixīnxì qíshí fēicháng fēngfù.

She looks calm on the surface, but her inner monologue is actually wild.

老板多看了我一眼，我的内心戏就开始了。

Lǎobǎn duō kàn le wǒ yī yǎn, wǒ de nèixīnxì jiù kāishǐ le.

The boss glanced at me one extra time and my mental drama kicked off.

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Originally theater jargon for an actor's internal performance; now overwhelmingly used online to mean 'the elaborate scenes your brain makes up in a tense moment'. 内心戏太多 ('too much inner theatre') is a gentle self-deprecating put-down.

Stroke Order

内 nèi

心 xīn

戏 xì