have a guilty conscience

have a guilty conscience

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z é IR é nd ǎ nx ū, which means that people who have done bad things are always insecure. It's from xingshihengyan.

The origin of Idioms

Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan Volume 16: "since the ancient way, thieves have a guilty conscience. Zhao ang was even more different from Wang Yuanwai because of his old stories. He was scared out of his soul. "

Analysis of Idioms

A guilty conscience

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning.

Examples

Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in the Qing Dynasty chapter 71: This is Yuanyang's play language. Call him out, but he's a thief and a coward. It's only when Yuanyang has seen his head and tail.

The 32nd chapter of the official appearance: "Wang xiaowuzi was suspicious when he saw Yu Jianchen. After all, he was a coward and didn't dare to be coquettish."

Chapter 40 of Li Baojia's Officialdom: after returning home, although master Ma taught him a bunch of nonsense to resist, it was cowardly after all, and he was always a bit shy when he met his wife.