harbour evil designs
Ill intentioned, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin B ù Hu á IH ǎ oy ì, means to have no good intentions, malicious, with ulterior motives. From the water margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Ming Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 27: "after hearing this, Wu Song thought to himself:" this woman has no good intentions. Look at me and play with him first. "
Idiom usage
He has always been unkind to the weak.
Idiom story
After Wu Song committed suicide on Pan Jinlian and XiMenqing, two adulterers, he was sentenced by the government to exile, put on shackles, and escorted by two officials. After passing the cross slope Hotel, he met sun erniang, the mother of yecha. Sun erniang had no good intentions and used Mongolian medicine to deal with Wu song. Wu Song pretends to have a drug attack. He catches sun Er Niang when she wants to peel her skin. He is so scared that sun Er Niang asks for mercy.
harbour evil designs
Of the same breath and from joint branches - tóng qì lián zhī
Lift like a feather, take like a pick up - jǔ rú hóng máo,qǔ rú shí yí
Plenty of food and plenty of grass - liáng duō cǎo guǎng
Break the paper and save the ink - duàn zhǐ yú mò