骨子里 (gǔ zi lǐ) — deep down, at heart, in one's innermost feelings

Definição

Exemplos

• 他表面上很客气，骨子里却看不起别人。
  Tā biǎo miàn shàng hěn kè qi, gǔ zi lǐ què kàn bù qǐ bié rén.
  He is polite on the surface, but deep down he looks down on others.
• 虽然她没说，但骨子里里她并不赞同这个计划。
  Suī rán tā méi shuō, dàn gǔ zi lǐ lǐ tā bìng bú zàn tóng zhè ge jì huà.
  Although she didn't say it, deep down she didn't agree with this plan.
• 我骨子里里一直不相信他会做出这种事。
  Wǒ gǔ zi lǐ lǐ yì zhí bù xiāng xìn tā huì zuò chū zhè zhǒng shì.
  Deep down I never believed he would do such a thing.