疑心暗鬼

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
しん
Grade: 2
あん
Grade: 3

Grade: S

Etymology[edit]

From Shiyou zazhi (師友雑志), a book by Song dynasty poet Lü Benzhong.[1] "Suspicion begets monsters".

Proverb[edit]

()(しん)(あん)() (gishin'anki

  1. once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious.

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