言者无意，听者有心
yán​zhě​wú​yì​tīng​zhě​yǒu​xīn

to take a casual remark to heart

  • created sense approved 言者无意，听者有心/言者無意，聽者有心 · yán​zhě​wú​yì​tīng​zhě​yǒu​xīn · to take a casual remark to heart — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言者无意，听者有心 / 言者無意，聽者有心

    yán​zhě​wú​yì​tīng​zhě​yǒu​xīn

    to take a casual remark to heart

    The speaker has no hidden meaning, but the listener takes the words seriously or feels they are being personally attacked.

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · to say 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 无意 (literal) → 无意/無意 · wú​yì · unintentional ， (non_chinese) 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 有心 (literal) → 有心 · yǒu​xīn · deliberately

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