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心里

xīn li

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 心裡

心里 (xīn lǐ) means "in one's heart, inside (one's feelings)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 心里 means

1. chest
2. heart; mind

The characters in 心里

• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside

Example sentences

• 你住在我心里。
  Nǐ zhù zài wǒ xīnli.
  You live in my heart.
• 是你心里有鬼吧？
  Do you have a guilty conscience?
• 我跟她说了心里话。
  Wǒ gēn tā shuō le xīnlihuà.
  I bared my soul to her.
• 每人心里都有牢骚。
  Měirén xīnli dōu yǒu láosāo.
  Everyone has something that's troubling him.
• 我心里充满着快乐。
  My heart was filled with happiness.

Words starting with 心里

• 心里话xīn li huà(to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind
• 心里有数xīn lǐ yǒu shùto know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation
• 心里有鬼xīn li yǒu guǐto have secret motives; to have a guilty conscience
• 心里有谱xīn lǐ yǒu pǔto have a plan in mind
• 心里美萝卜xīn li měi luó boChinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the…
• 心里痒痒xīn lǐ yǎng yangto feel a strong urge (to do sth)

Words containing 心里

• 往心里去wǎng xīn li qùto take sth to heart; to take sth seriously
• 记在心里jì zài xīn lito keep in mind; to store in one's heart; to remember perfectly

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