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违背良心
Idiomwéibèi liángxīn
Description
"违背良心"的意思是做一件你自己知道是不对的事情。
"违背良心" means doing something you know is wrong.
当一个人为了钱或者别的原因做坏事时，我们就可以说他违背良心。
When someone does bad things for money or other reasons, we say they 违背良心.
Meanings
违背良心wéibèi liángxīn
to act against one's conscience
他不想做违背良心的事。
He doesn't want to do anything against his conscience.
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Notes
- Etymology
违背 means "go against" and 良心 means "conscience"; together "to betray one's conscience."
- Nuance
often used with 做 (做违背良心的事) to describe morally wrong actions done knowingly.
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