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怀鬼胎

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Collocation

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暗怀鬼胎
2
怀着一肚子鬼胎
3
心怀鬼胎
4
怀着鬼胎
5
各怀鬼胎

Definition

怀鬼胎

Literally means:

pregnant with demon's child

Actually means:

have sinister motives

Huai, to have in mind; Gui Tai, ideas or mind to be kept secret.

It figuratively means having ideas or things to be kept secret. Derogatory.

怀,心中存有;鬼胎,不敢公开或不能让别人知道的打算或念头。

比喻心里藏着不能告诉别人的事或念头。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive and can have other words in between. (作谓语、定语,中间可以插入别的词)
1
xiǎng
yòng
利用
duìfāng
对方
de
jīnqián
金钱
  
,
xiǎng
yòng
利用
duìfāng
对方
de
shìli
势力
  
,
zhè
jiùshì
就是
liǎng
huái
各怀
guǐtāi
鬼胎
de
rén
彼此
zuò
合作
de
chǔ
基础
  

One wants to use each other's money, one wants to use each other's power, this is the basis of cooperation between two people with ghosts.

2
huáizhāo
怀着
zi
肚子
guǐtāi
鬼胎
  
,
shuí
zhīdào
知道
lu
葫芦
mài
de
shì
shénme
什么
yào
  

He was carrying a stomach full of ghost tires, and no one knew what medicine he was selling in the gourd.

3
Zhè
tóubiāo
投标
  
,
shí
其实
shì
zhè
这次
tóubiāo
投标
  
,
shí
其实
shì
cháng
xiāngguān
相关
chǎngjiā
厂家
各自
huáizhāo
怀着
guǐtāi
鬼胎
de
jìngzhēng
竞争
  
,
bìng
shì
zhēnzhèng
真正
gōngpíng
公平
gōngkāi
公开
de
jìngzhēng
竞争
  

This tender, in fact, is a competition between the relevant manufacturers with ghost tires, not really fair and open competition.