扎心

zhāxīn

adjective

Meanings

1 heartrending
2 cutting to the heart
3 painfully real

Characters

to prick / stab

Examples

这句话真扎心。

Zhè jù huà zhēn zhāxīn.

That remark really cuts to the heart.

看完电影我觉得很扎心。

Kàn wán diànyǐng wǒ juéde hěn zhāxīn.

I felt deeply stung after watching the movie.

他的一番话扎心了所有人。

Tā de yī fān huà zhāxīnle suǒyǒu rén.

His words struck everyone painfully deep.

Tips

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Exploded online around 2017 with the meme "扎心了,老铁" (That stings, bro). 扎 literally means "to prick / stab"; 扎心 = a needle to the heart.

Stroke Order

扎 zhā

心 xīn