玻璃心

bōlixīn

noun

Meanings

1 overly sensitive person
2 thin-skinned
3 glass heart - easily offended person

Characters

glass (part of 玻璃)

glass (part of 玻璃)

Examples

HSK 2

他玻璃心，说话要小心点。

Tā bōlixīn, shuōhuà yào xiǎoxīn diǎn.

He's got a glass heart - be careful what you say to him.

HSK 7-9

就开个玩笑而已，别这么玻璃心。

Jiù kāi gè wánxiào éryǐ, bié zhème bōlixīn.

It's just a joke, don't be so thin-skinned.

Tips

register

Internet slang, often pejorative. Used both as a noun ('a thin-skinned person') and predicatively ('to be thin-skinned'). Similar to English 'snowflake'.

memory

玻璃 (glass) + 心 (heart) - a heart that shatters easily. The metaphor writes itself.

Stroke Order

玻 bō

璃 lí

心 xīn