CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

三心二意

sānxīnèryì

in two minds about sth (idiom)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

in two minds about sth (idiom)

half-hearted

shilly-shallying

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 三心二意 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 三心二意 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

在实战中，你要知道三心二意是很危险的。zài shí zhàn zhōng， nǐ yào zhī dào sān xīn èr yì shì hěn wēi xiǎn de。

In real combat, you must not forget that hesitation is a very dangerous thing.

我们今天不能三心二意,而要把计划按部就班地完成.wǒ men jīn tiān bù néng sān xīn èr yì, ér yào bǎ jì huà àn bù jiù bān dì wán chéng.

No published English translation for this sentence.

待妆个老实，学三从四德，争奈是匪妓，都三心二意，端的是那里是三梢末尾？dài zhuāng gè lǎo shí， xué sān cóng sì dé， zhēng nài shì fěi jì， dōu sān xīn èr yì， duān de shì nà lǐ shì sān shāo mò wěi？

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 三心二意.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 三心二意.

Directly before

知道三心二意1
不能三心二意1
都三心二意1

Directly after

三心二意是1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 三心二意

What does 三心二意 mean in Chinese?

三心二意 (sānxīnèryì) means in two minds about sth (idiom).

How do you pronounce 三心二意?

三心二意 is pronounced sānxīnèryì.

Is 三心二意 an HSK word?

三心二意 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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