have ulterior motives(zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ)

have ulterior motives

It is a Chinese idiom, pronounced as Zu ì w ē ngzh ī y ì B ú Z à Iji ǔ, which originally means that the author said that his interest in the pavilion is not to drink, but to enjoy the scenery in the mountains. Later, it is used to express that his original intention is not here but in other aspects, or he has ulterior motives. It also reflects the author's heart of leniency and benevolence. It's from Song Ouyang Xiu's the story of the drunken man's Pavilion: "the meaning of drunken man is not in wine, but in mountains and rivers. The joy of mountains and rivers is the joy of heart and wine. "

source

Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty wrote in the story of the drunken man Pavilion: "the meaning of drunken man is not in wine, but in mountains and rivers. The joy of mountains and rivers is the joy of heart and wine. "

Discrimination

Synonym: meaning of drunk man

usage

To describe a person's actions and words

Examples

Songpo is not tired of it. I can also rest easy. But I'm afraid that the drunkard's intention is not to drink. I just use it to make a transition and hide it from others. The fifth chapter of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xianfu.

Chinese PinYin : zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ