engage in illegal activities(tú zuò bù guǐ)

engage in illegal activities

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ú Zu ù B ù Gu ǐ, which means plotting wrongly. It comes from the biography of Zheng Zhongzhuan.

The origin of Idioms

According to Zheng Zhongzhuan in dongguanhanji, "the brothers of Jixian were plotting against him, so they first tried to punish him and moved to dachangqiu with their merits."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive.

Chinese PinYin : tú zuò bù guǐ