做賊心虛
Chinese
to do; to make; to produce thief afraid of being found out with a guilty conscience; lacking confidence trad. (做賊心虛) 做 賊 心虛 simp. (做贼心虚) 做 贼 心虚
Pronunciation
Idiom
做賊心虛
- to have a guilty conscience
- 但是他們做賊心虛,怕共產黨阻擋他們的去路,更怕老百姓罵漢奸。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Dànshì tāmen zuòzéixīnxū, pà Gòngchǎndǎng zǔdǎng tāmen de qùlù, gèng pà lǎobǎixìng mà hànjiān. [Pinyin]
- But, with the cowardice of thieves, they fear that the Communists will block their exit and, what is more, that the common people will brand them as traitors.
但是他们做贼心虚,怕共产党阻挡他们的去路,更怕老百姓骂汉奸。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- 作賊心虛/作贼心虚 (zuòzéixīnxū)