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金魚腦/金鱼脑 Jīnyú nǎo Noun. (Literal meaning is goldfish brain) Like the English phrase ‘the memory of a goldfish’, we use it to describe people who have a very poor memory and forget things quickly. One thing you need to know is that normally the verb before a noun would be 有 yǒu, but in this…

玻璃心 Bōlíxīn ADJ. (Literal meaning is glass heart) Like the English word “snowflake,” it means sensitive, emotional, fragile, or vulnerable. We use it to describe people whose feelings get hurt easily. Although it looks like a noun, it is actually an adjective. Sometimes we convey the same idea in a different way. For example, instead…