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Open the tool →莺猜燕妒 (yīng cāi yàn dù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be the object of envy and suspicion”.
莺猜燕妒 is pronounced yīng cāi yàn dù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 莺猜燕妒 means “Orioles suspect, swallows envy”. It is used to mean “to be the object of envy and suspicion”.
比喻遭人猜忌。