287 Adverbs, soft mood 弱口气副词 (ruò kǒuqì fùcí) beneath the bones, under the surface, at heart 16 骨子里 [--裏] gǔzilǐ (bone-inside) beneath the bones, under the surface, at heart: 他表面上看很勇敢~却很懦弱 (nuòruò). On the surface, he seems very brave, but under the surface, he’s very fragile. || 他~看不起穷人. He looks down upon the poor at heart. '