4 characters Idiom and proverb 4 514

We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「心懷叵測」, with its explanation below.

The idiom 「心懷叵測」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Xinhuai: people’s will, intention; 叵: cannot. It means that the intention is sinister and cannot be predicted.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xīn huái pǒ cè

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sam1 waai4 po2 chak1

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