dual personality; split personality
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Meanings
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dual personality; split personality; having two contradictory identities, qualities, or attitudes
derogatoryOriginally a clinical psychological term for dissociative identity disorder. In everyday usage, it often criticizes someone who behaves hypocritically or inconsistently in different situations. Always carries a negative connotation.
Tā他
zài在
jiā家
lǐ里
hěn很
wēn温
hé和
，
zài在
wài外
miàn面
què却
hěn很
bào暴
zào躁
，
jiǎn简
zhí直
yǒu有
shuāng双
chóng重
rén人
gé格
。
He is gentle at home but irritable outside—he practically has a dual personality.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
shuāng双
chóng重
rén人
gé格
de的
biǎo表
xiàn现
ràng让
tóng同
shì事
men们
gǎn感
dào到
bù不
ān安
。
This kind of split-personality behavior makes colleagues feel uneasy.
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Bié别
zài在
wǒ我
miàn面
qián前
wán玩
shuāng双
chóng重
rén人
gé格
de的
bǎ把
xì戏
，
wǒ我
kàn看
chuān穿
nǐ你
le了
。
Don't play your dual-personality tricks in front of me—I see right through you.