clear-eyed and malicious

clear-eyed and malicious

Yingshilanggu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī ngsh ì L á NGG ù, which means to describe sharp eyes and cruel behavior. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

The ninety first chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "Sima Yi, who was a hero and a wolf, could not give him military power; for a long time, it would be a great disaster for the country."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive. Example: Yuan Shikai's attitude towards the wolf and his long-term reserve of rebellious plot led to Jing Yueting's claim that he was second to Zhongda. Pu Wei's diaries of the meeting before the national defense