好心当做驴肝肺 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

把……（某人）的好心当做驴肝肺

2

真是好心当做驴肝肺

Definition

好心当做驴肝肺

Literally means:

take a kind heart for a donkey's liver and lungs

Actually means:

mistake a favor for ill will

A donkey's liver and lungs figuratively means ill will. The phrase means taking somebody's good will for ill intent. It usually connotes a sense of complaint.

驴肝肺，比喻坏心肠。把别人的好心当作恶意通常含有埋怨的意思。

Example

Used as predicate or a minor sentence, and can have other words in between. (作谓语、小句，中间可插入别的词语)

1

Lǎotóur

老头儿

shēn

深

xī

吸

yīkǒuqì

一口气

,

mànmànr

慢慢儿

shuōdào

说道

:

féng

冯

lǎodì

老弟

,

wǒ

我

kěshì

可是

yī

一

pān

番

hǎoyì

好意

,

nǐ

你

biè

别

bǎ

把

hǎoxīn

好心

dāngzuò

当做

lǘgānfèi

驴肝肺

le

了

。

The old man took a deep breath and said slowly, "Feng brother, I am a kind man, don't take kindness as a donkey liver and lungs."

2

Tā

她

kǎoshì

考试

méiyǒu

没有

kǎo

考

hǎo

好

,

wǒ

我

qù

去

ānwèi

安慰

tā

她

,

tā

她

fǎnér

反而

shuō

说

wǒ

我

shì

是

cháoxiào

嘲笑

tā

她

,

zhēnshi

真是

hǎoxīn

好心

bèi

被

dàngzuò

当作

lǘgānfèi

驴肝肺

le

了

!

She didn't do well in the exam, I went to comfort her, she said I was laughing at her, really kind as a donkey liver lung!

3

Tāmen

他们

de

的

shì

事

biéren

别人

shì

是

nòng

弄

bu

不

qīngchǔ

清楚

de

的

,

nǐ

你

háishi

还是

bié

别

guǎn

管

tāmen

他们

le

了

,

bùrán

不然

tāmen

他们

huì

会

bǎ

把

nǐ

你

de

的

hǎoxīn

好心

dàngzuò

当作

le

了

lǘgānfèi

驴肝肺

。

Their affairs are not clear to others, you still leave them alone, or they will treat your kind as a donkey liver and lungs.