in a sneaky way

in a sneaky way

Furtive, Chinese idiom,

Pinyin is: t ō ut ō um ō m ō,

Explanation: it is used to describe doing things without others' knowledge.

Entry

in a sneaky way

Pinyin

tōutōumōmō

Citation explanation

I don't dare to let others know. Yuan and Li Xingdao's "the first discount of the story of the grey appendix": I call you, not for other things. I think it's not a good time for me to sneak around. Chapter 73 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: girl, don't be too aggressive. If you have a whole family to count, whose mother and grandmother do not rely on the master's son and brother to get more benefits, but we are just like this, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao! You are only allowed to cheat secretly. Chapter 80 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "tell me what you want to do. Don't be furtive. It's useless." Chapter 16 of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: he was both happy and angry when he saw it; he was happy about the real criminals, but it didn't come out as I expected; he was angry about the poor masters, who were sneaky when they were doing this business. Chen Canyun's four seasons of fragrance: what are you doing secretly?

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] furtive and [antonym] aboveboard