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
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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.
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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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Open the tool →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。