玻璃心

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Chinese

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glass heart; mind
trad. (玻璃心) 玻璃
simp. #(玻璃心) 玻璃
Literally: “glass heart”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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玻璃心

  1. (slang) oversensitive mentality; the easiness of one's feelings got hurt; emotional vulnerability
    為什麼我們製造玻璃心世代 [MSC, trad.]
    为什么我们制造玻璃心世代 [MSC, simp.]
    Wèishénme wǒmen zhìzào chū bōlíxīn shìdài? [Pinyin]
    Why do we create an emotionally vulnerable generation? (One of the book titles of The Coddling of the American Mind in Chinese)
  2. (slang) person who has such condition
    知道玻璃心表演破防 [MSC, trad.]
    知道玻璃心表演破防 [MSC, simp.]
    Jí! Zhīdào nǐ shì ge bōlixīn le, bù yòng yòu biǎoyǎn pòfáng le. [Pinyin]
    Triggered! [I] get that you're a snowflake, and no need to show once more that [you] have the skin got under.