have a guilty conscience(zéi rén xīn xū)

have a guilty conscience

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z é IR é nx ī nx ū, which means to be scared at any time and afraid of bad things. It comes from Xingshi Hengyan.

The origin of Idioms

Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty's "Xingshi Hengyan" Vol.20: "since ancient times, the mind of a thief is guilty. Because Zhao ang has old things in his heart, he is more different than Wang Yuanwai, and he has no soul to frighten."

Idiom usage

I was shocked when I saw that someone from Jiande county had invited him to the city for an interview. The 16th chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: guilty conscience, guilty courage

Chinese PinYin : zéi rén xīn xū