扎心

zhāxīn

adjective

Meanings

HSK 2

这句话真扎心。

Zhè jù huà zhēn zhāxīn.

That remark really cuts to the heart.

HSK 2

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.

HSK 6

他的一番话扎心了所有人。

Tā de yīfān huà zhāxīn le suǒyǒurén.

His words struck everyone painfully deep.

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.

扎 zhā

心 xīn