杯中蛇影
bēi​zhōng​shé​yǐng

extremely suspicious

  • created sense approved 杯中蛇影 · bēi​zhōng​shé​yǐng · extremely suspicious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杯中蛇影

    bēi​zhōng​shé​yǐng

    extremely suspicious

    (variant form) to be overly suspicious and fearful; to mistake the reflection of a bow in a cup for a snake

    杯 (literal) → 杯 · bēi · cup 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 蛇 (literal) → 蛇 · shé · snake 影 (literal) → 影 · yǐng · shadow

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

    created sense