变心 (biàn xīn) — to fall out of love, to become unfaithful (in a romantic relationship)

Definition

Means 'to change one's heart' — to stop loving or stop being faithful to a romantic partner. 变心 is a V+N verb-object phrase that takes the perfective 了 or the particle 过, as in 变过心.

verb
to fall out of loveto become unfaithful (in a romantic relationship)

Examples

  • 变心
    Tā jié hūn hòu hěn kuài jiù biàn xīn le.
    He fell out of love soon after getting married.
  • Tā cóng lái méi yǒu duì zhàng fu biàn guò xīn.
    She has never been unfaithful to her husband.
  • 变心
    Liàn ài zhōng zuì pà de jiù shì yì fāng biàn xīn.
    What people fear most in a relationship is one partner changing their heart.

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