zuò
zéi
xīn

idiom
common
derogatory

Meaning of 做贼心虚

做贼心虚 means have a guilty conscience; feel afraid after doing wrong. Pronounced zuò zéi xīn xū.

  • have a guilty conscience; feel afraid after doing wrong

Definitions & Examples

tōu
le
tóng
xué
de
qián
bāo
hòu
zhí
zuò
zéi
xīn
 
lián
shàng
dōu
gǎn
tái
tóu
kàn
lǎo
shī
 

After stealing a classmate's wallet, he had a guilty conscience and didn't even dare to look up at the teacher in class.

Míng
ming
shì
nòng
huài
le
tóu
yǐng
 
què
hái
zài
biàn
jiě
 
kàn
jiù
shì
zuò
zéi
xīn
 

He was the one who broke the projector, but he was still arguing there — it's obvious he has a guilty conscience.

Miàn
duì
jǐng
chá
de
pán
wèn
 
xián
rén
xiǎn
de
zuò
zéi
xīn
 
shuō
huà
tūn
tūn
de
 

When facing the police's interrogation, the suspect looked guilty and spoke haltingly.

yòng
zuò
zéi
xīn
 
men
zhǐ
shì
lái
liǎo
jiě
qíng
kuàng
 
shì
zhēn
duì
 

You don't need to have a guilty conscience — we just came to ask about the situation, not target you.

zuò
zéi
xīn
de
cáng
zài
chōu
de
zāng
yòu
jiǎn
chá
le
biàn
 

With a guilty conscience, he checked the stolen goods hidden in the drawer again.