居心险恶 jū xīn xiǎn è evil intentions

Explanation

形容心怀不轨，阴险毒辣，存心不良。

Describes someone with evil intentions, insidious and vicious, with bad intentions.

Origin Story

在一个古老的村庄里，住着两位村民，老李和老张。老李为人善良，乐于助人，而老张却心怀鬼胎，表面和气，暗地里却总是想方设法地算计老李。一天，村里要举行一年一度的丰收节，村民们都忙着准备，老张表面上也积极参与，但暗地里却偷偷地破坏了老李精心准备的表演道具。丰收节当天，老李的表演因为道具损坏而失败，村民们纷纷议论，老张却在一旁假装惋惜，心中暗自得意。但最终，老张的阴谋败露，他的居心险恶被村民们识破，受到了大家的谴责。从此以后，老张再也不敢在村里耍弄阴谋诡计了。

zài yīgè gǔlǎo de cūn zhuāng lǐ, zhù zhe liǎng wèi cūn mín, lǎo lǐ hé lǎo zhāng. lǎo lǐ wéi rén shàn liáng, lè yú zhù rén, ér lǎo zhāng què xīn huái guǐ tāi, biǎomiàn hé qì, àn dì lǐ què zǒng shì xiǎng fāng shè fǎ de suàn jì lǎo lǐ. yī tiān, cūn lǐ yào jǔ xíng yī nián yīdù de fēng shōu jié, cūn mín men dōu máng zhe zhǔnbèi, lǎo zhāng biǎomiàn shàng yě jījí cānyù, dàn àn dì lǐ què tōutōu de pòhuài le lǎo lǐ jīng xīn zhǔnbèi de biǎo yǎn dào jù. fēng shōu jié dāng tiān, lǎo lǐ de biǎo yǎn yīnwèi dào jù sǔnhuài ér shībài, cūn mín men fēn fēn yì lùn, lǎo zhāng què zài yī páng jiǎ zhuāng wǎn xī, xīn zhōng àn zì dé yì. dàn zuì zhōng, lǎo zhāng de yīnmóu bàilù, tā de jū xīn xiǎn è bèi cūn mín men shí pò, shòu dào le dà jiā de qiǎnzé. cóng cǐ yǐ hòu, lǎo zhāng zài yě gǎn zài cūn lǐ shuǎ nuò yīnmóu guǐ jì le.

In an ancient village, there lived two villagers, Old Li and Old Zhang. Old Li was kind and helpful, while Old Zhang was insidious, outwardly amiable but secretly always scheming against Old Li. One day, the village was to hold its annual harvest festival, and villagers were busy preparing. Old Zhang outwardly participated actively, but secretly sabotaged the props Old Li carefully prepared for his performance. On the day of the harvest festival, Old Li's performance failed due to damaged props; villagers gossiped, but Old Zhang pretended to be regretful, secretly pleased. Finally, Old Zhang's plot was exposed, his evil intentions were seen through, and he was condemned. From then on, he dared not plot in the village anymore.

Usage

作谓语、定语；指心怀不轨，阴险毒辣。

zuò wèiyǔ, dìngyǔ; zhǐ xīn huái bù guǐ, yīnxǐan dú là

As predicate, attributive; refers to someone with evil intentions and insidious.

Examples

• 他居心险恶，故意陷害我。

  tā jū xīn xiǎn è, gù yì xiàn hài wǒ

  He had evil intentions and deliberately framed me.

• 这个计划看似合理，但背后居心险恶，需谨慎对待。

  zhège jìhuà kànsì hélǐ, dàn bèihòu jū xīn xiǎn è, xū jǐn shèn duìdài

  This plan seems reasonable, but there are sinister intentions behind it, so it needs to be treated cautiously.

Related Idioms

• 用心险恶

• 别有用心

Opposite Idioms

• 光明磊落

• 坦荡胸怀