二意 (èr yì) — disloyalty; duplicity; halfheartedness; (colloquial) hesitation; indecision; being of two minds
Definition
二意 means 'wavering loyalty' — being half-hearted or of two minds. It almost always appears inside the set phrase 三心二意; not used alone in modern speech.
noun
disloyaltyduplicityhalfheartedness(colloquial) hesitationindecisionbeing of two minds
Examples
- 二意，。Tā zuò shì zǒng shì sān xīn èr yì, hěn nán chéng gōng.He always does things half-heartedly and finds it hard to succeed.
- 二意，。Duì péng you bù néng yǒu èr yì, fǒu zé huì shī qù xìn rèn.You must not have duplicity toward friends, or you will lose their trust.
- ，二意。Tā tīng le wǒ de jiàn yì hòu, xīn lǐ qǐ le èr yì.After hearing my suggestion, he began to waver in his mind.
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