包藏祸心 — Chinese idiom
包藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
Traditional: 包藏禍心
Meaning
- to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice
Character by character
- 包bāowrap, pack, bundle; package
- 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 祸huòmisfortune, disaster, calamity
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià
- 包揽词讼 bāo lǎn cí sòng
- 包办代替 bāo bàn dài tì
- 大包大揽 dà bāo dà lǎn
- 无所不包 wú suǒ bù bāo
- 狗胆包天 gǒu dǎn bāo tiān
- 皮包骨头 pí bāo gǔ tóu
- 色胆包天 sè dǎn bāo tiān
- 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū
- 深藏若虚 shēn cáng ruò xū
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