玻璃心
bo1 lei1 sam1bō li xīn
English
- (slang) overly sensitive
- to describe a "snowflake" i.e. someone who is too sensitive or easily triggered by small issues; literally: glass heart
- a fragile heart; literally: a heart made of glass
- butthurt
粵語 — Cantonese
- 過度敏感或容易感到被冒犯
- 脆弱嘅心靈
Examples
嘩咁玻璃心嘅你,講少少嘢就咁敏感。
You are such a snowflake that you are so easily triggered by these trivial issues.
你唔好咁講嘢啦,你會傷到佢個玻璃心㗎。
Don't say that; you might hurt her easily-offended feelings.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk