xīn​kuī

guilty conscience

  • created sense approved 心亏/心虧 · xīn​kuī · guilty conscience — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心亏 / 心虧

    xīn​kuī

    guilty conscience

    Feeling or having a guilty conscience because one knows they are in the wrong; to feel uneasy due to a lack of confidence in one's own justification.

    心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · mind 亏 (literal) → 亏/虧 · kuī · to lack

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