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做贼心虚
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做贼心虚 — “To have a guilty conscience”

做贼心虚 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have a guilty conscience”. To feel uneasy, apprehensive, or fearful of being discovered after having done something wrong. Literally, “A thief's guilty conscience; to act like a thief with a weak heart”.

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做贼心虚 Pronunciation and Pinyin

做贼心虚 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
做
zuò11to do or make
贼
zéi10thief, villain, evil, very
心
xīn4heart, mind, core
虚
xū11empty, void, unreal, humble, weak

Example Sentence with 做贼心虚

小明在考试时作弊,交卷后一直做贼心虚,担心会被老师发现。
Xiao Ming cheated on the exam, and after handing in his paper, he constantly had a guilty conscience, worried that the teacher would find out.

Idioms Related to 做贼心虚

Synonyms of 做贼心虚

  • zuò作zéi贼xīn心xū虚guilty conscience

Antonyms of 做贼心虚

  • xīn心ān安lǐ理dé得feel at peace with a clear conscience
  • lǐ理zhí直qì气zhuàng壮speak with confidence due to being in the right
  • wèn问xīn心wú无kuì愧to have a clear conscience

More idioms starting with 做

  • zuò做yī一tiān天hé和shang尚zhuàng撞yī一tiān天zhōng钟muddle through day by day
  • zuò做yī一rì日hé和shàng尚zhuàng撞yī一tiān天zhōng钟muddle through perfunctorily
  • zuò做yī一rì日hé和shàng尚zhuàng撞yī一rì日zhōng钟Muddle through duties perfunctorily
  • zuò做rén人zuò做shì世conduct oneself in society
  • zuò做rén人zuò做shì事how one conducts oneself in life and work
  • zuò做gāng刚zuò做róu柔use both firm and gentle approaches
  • zuò做hǎo好zuò做è恶feign good or evil as needed
  • zuò做hǎo好zuò做dǎi歹to persuade with every possible method
  • zuò做xiǎo小fú伏dī低to humble oneself and fawn upon others
  • zuò做xiǎo小fú服dī低act humbly and submissively
  • zuò做zhāng张zuò做shì势put on an act
  • zuò做zhāng张zuò做zhì智to put on airs

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Questions about 做贼心虚

What does 做贼心虚 mean?

做贼心虚 (zuò zéi xīn xū) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have a guilty conscience”.

How do you pronounce 做贼心虚?

做贼心虚 is pronounced zuò zéi xīn xū in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 做贼心虚 literally mean?

Literally, 做贼心虚 means “a thief's guilty conscience; to act like a thief with a weak heart”. It is used to mean “to have a guilty conscience”.

What is the Chinese definition of 做贼心虚?

虚:怕。指做了坏事怕人知道,心里老是不安。

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