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心里

xīn li · xin li

Traditional 心裡

HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. chest
  2. heart; mind
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  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)心里(xīnli)在(zài)想(xiǎng)什么(shénme)？

    What are you thinking?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)心里(xīnli)想着(xiǎngzhe)今晚(jīnwǎn)吃(chī)什么(shénme)。

    I am thinking about what to eat tonight.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)心里(xīnli)也(yě)是(shì)这个(zhège)！火锅(huǒguō)！

    Same on my mind! Hotpot!

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)心里(xīnli)想(xiǎng)的(de)是(shì)火锅(huǒguō)，我(wǒ)心里(xīnli)想(xiǎng)的(de)是(shì)烧烤(shāokǎo)。

    You are thinking hotpot and I am thinking barbecue.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)心里(xīnli)都(dōu)想(xiǎng)吃(chī)，干脆(gāncuì)两(liǎng)家(jiā)都(dōu)去(qù)吧(ba)。

    Then we both want to eat. Let us just go to both.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

只(zhǐ)能(néng)把(bǎ)这(zhè)些(xiē)深(shēn)深(shēn)地(de)埋(mái)在(zài)心(xīn)里(li)。

You can only bury these deeply in your heart.

Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by yujiang · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(gè)消(xiāo)息(xi)，他(tā)心(xīn)里(li)很(hěn)难(nán)过(guò)。

Hearing this news, he felt very sad in his heart.

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心
xīn

heart; mind

里
lǐ

lining; interior

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