harbour evil designs(bù huái hào yì)

harbour evil designs

Ill intentioned, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin B ù Hu á IH ǎ oy ì, means to have no good intentions, malicious, with ulterior motives. From the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Ming Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 27: "after hearing this, Wu Song thought to himself:" this woman has no good intentions. Look at me and play with him first. "

Idiom usage

He has always been unkind to the weak.

Idiom story

After Wu Song committed suicide on Pan Jinlian and XiMenqing, two adulterers, he was sentenced by the government to exile, put on shackles, and escorted by two officials. After passing the cross slope Hotel, he met sun erniang, the mother of yecha. Sun erniang had no good intentions and used Mongolian medicine to deal with Wu song. Wu Song pretends to have a drug attack. He catches sun Er Niang when she wants to peel her skin. He is so scared that sun Er Niang asks for mercy.

Chinese PinYin : bù huái hào yì