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疑心暗鬼

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
疑 心 暗 鬼
ぎ
Grade: 6 		しん
Grade: 2 		あん
Grade: 3 		き
Grade: S

Etymology edit

From Shiyou zazhi (師友雑志), a book by Song dynasty poet Lü Benzhong.[1] "Suspicion begets monsters".

Proverb edit

疑(ぎ)心(しん)暗(あん)鬼(き) • (gishin'anki) 

  1. once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious.

References edit

  1. ^ https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E7%96%91%E5%BF%83%E6%9A%97%E9%AC%BC/
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