心眼

I was rather tactless me to ask such a question.

我竟问出这么个问题，实在是少了个心眼。

I know she gets angry sometimes, but basically her heart is in the right place.

我知道她有时，但她的心眼还是很好的。

Madame Chiang, always stunning in her silk gowns, could be as coy and kittenish as a college coed , or as commanding and petty as a dormitory house mother.

穿绸旗袍的蒋夫人小猫似地很人。她可一个男女同校的大学女一样忸怩作态，也可管女宿舍的大妈一样威严和小心眼儿。