心胸狭窄

心胸狹窄

xīnxiōng xiázhǎi

adjective

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他心胸狭窄，一点小事就记仇。

Tā xīnxiōng xiázhǎi, yìdiǎn xiǎoshì jiù jìchóu.

He is narrow-minded and holds a grudge over the smallest thing.

HSK 7-9

心胸狭窄的人很难真心为别人的成功高兴。

Xīnxiōng xiázhǎi de rén hěn nán zhēnxīn wèi biéren de chénggōng gāoxìng.

Narrow-minded people find it hard to be truly happy about other people's success.

usage

The opposite is 心胸宽广 or 心胸开阔, "broad-minded". In casual speech 小心眼 says the same thing.

心 xīn

胸 xiōng

狭 xiá

窄 zhǎi