好心当作驴肝肺
hǎo​xīn​dàng​zuò​lǘ​gān​fèi

to mistake goodwill for ill intent

  • created sense approved 好心当作驴肝肺/好心當作驢肝肺 · hǎo​xīn​dàng​zuò​lǘ​gān​fèi · to mistake goodwill for ill intent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    好心当作驴肝肺 / 好心當作驢肝肺

    hǎo​xīn​dàng​zuò​lǘ​gān​fèi

    to mistake goodwill for ill intent

    To mistake someone's good intentions or kindness for malice or bad motives; to respond to a kind gesture with suspicion or ingratitude.

    hǎo​xīn​dāng​zuò​lǘ​gān​fèi

    好心 (literal) → 好心 · hǎo​xīn · good intentions 当作 (literal) → 当作/當作 · dàng​zuò · to treat as 驴肝肺 (literal) → 驴肝肺/驢肝肺 · lǘ​gān​fèi · maliciousness

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense