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耍心眼

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Collocation

1
别跟人家耍什么心眼
2
喜欢耍心眼
3
老是耍心眼
4
经常耍心眼
5
不要耍心眼

Definition

耍心眼

Literally means:

play mind's eye

Actually means:

exercise one's wits for personal gains

心眼 refers to one's wits or schemes.

The phrase means applying schemes to people or things in order to achieve one's own purposes. It often in dicates that such an act is not fair and square. Derogatory.

心眼,心计,计谋。

耍心眼,指用计策来对人或对事,以达到利己的目的。多指不是正大光明的。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
Zhè
rén
hěn
hai
厉害
  
,
dàn
一旦
xiàn
发现
yǒurén
有人
wēixié
威胁
dào
de
wèi
地位
  
,
zǒngshì
总是
shuǎ
xīnyǎn
心眼
  
,
qiǎomiào
巧妙
duìfāng
对方
zǒu
  

The man is very good, and once he finds that someone is threatening his position, he always plays tricks and cleverly squeezes the other side away.

2
Duìdài
对待
biéren
别人
yào
zhēnchéng
真诚
shízài
实在
  
,
yào
不要
shuō
jiǎhuà
假话
  
,
gēng
yào
不要
gēn
rénjiā
人家
shuǎ
shénme
什么
xīnyǎn
心眼
  
,
zhèyàng
这样
biéren
别人
cái
huì
zūnzhòng
尊重
  

Treat others to be sincere and honest, don't tell lies, and don't play with others what heart, so that others will respect you.

3
zhè
rén
xīnyǎn
心眼
hěnduō
很多
  
,
duì
shuí
dōu
huan
喜欢
shuǎ
xīnyǎn
心眼
  
,
yào
dāngxīn
当心
diǎnr  
点儿
  

He has a lot of eyes, and you have to be careful about everyone who likes to play with his eyes.