心非

xīnfēi
phrase #28,783

Meanings

  1. 1 inner disagreement
  2. 2 heart at odds (with one's words or actions)

Examples

Tā kǒu shì xīn fēi, shuō de hé xiǎng de wánquán bùtóng.
He is two-faced — what he says is completely different from what he thinks.
Tā zuǐ shàng tóngyì, xīn fēi kǒu shì, nèixīn qíshí hěn bùmǎn.
She agreed verbally but was not sincere — she was actually quite unhappy inside.

Tips

usage
心非 most commonly appears in the four-character idiom 心非 (kǒu shì xīn fēi), meaning 'mouth says yes, heart says no' — i.e. two-faced or hypocritical. It is rarely used as a standalone word outside this idiom.

Stroke Order

xīn
fēi