做賊心虛

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	thief	afraid of being found out with a guilty conscience; lacking confidence
trad. (做賊心虛)		做	賊	心虛
simp. (做贼心虚)		做	贼	心虚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòzéixīnxū

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ caak⁶ sam¹ heoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzéixīnxū
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòzéisinsyu
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tsei²-hsin¹-hsü¹
    • Yale: dzwò-dzéi-syīn-syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohtzeirshinshiu
    • Palladius: цзоцзэйсиньсюй (czoczɛjsinʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ caak⁶ sam¹ heoi¹
    • Yale: jouh chaahk sām hēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ tsaak⁹ sam¹ hoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ cag⁶ sem¹ hêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² t͡sʰaːk̚² sɐm⁵⁵ hɵy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

做賊心虛

1. to have a guilty conscience

   • 但是他們做賊心虛，怕共產黨阻擋他們的去路，更怕老百姓罵漢奸。 [MSC, trad.]
     但是他们做贼心虚，怕共产党阻挡他们的去路，更怕老百姓骂汉奸。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dànshì tāmen zuòzéixīnxū, pà Gòngchǎndǎng zǔdǎng tāmen de qùlù, gèng pà lǎobǎixìng mà hànjiān. [Pinyin]

     But, with the cowardice of thieves, they fear that the Communists will block their exit and, what is more, that the common people will brand them as traitors.

Synonyms

• 作賊心虛／作贼心虚 (zuòzéixīnxū)