scheming
心计
definition
verb
he schemed to bring about the collapse of the government
make plans, especially in a devious way or with intent to do something illegal or wrong.
noun
He doubted she would be there, considering they were practically done with their scheming , but he was willing to hope for anything.
the activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
adjective
they had mean, scheming little minds
given to or involved in making secret and underhanded plans.
translation of 'scheming'
noun
心计
adjective
诡计多端的,
富于心计的
example
The play bounces from 'scheming' romance to high-camp comedy, leaving the audience torn between giggling and nail-biting over this complicated love hexagon.
They weren't like Zach's eyes, that often gleamed from greed or 'scheming' , but Mitch's eyes were like a child's on Christmas morning, full of innocence.
The dire need for money is a constant concern for Lucy in the I Love Lucy plot lexicon, and this is one of the better examples of 'scheming' gone sour.
Little did Thomas know that all his 'scheming' would be moot in just a few hours.
It's not everyday you see the grand thespian as a 'scheming' womanizer who will stop short at nothing, save ‘a bit of crackling,’ to revive his stagnant career.
It's a talent that I've honed over my many years of 'scheming' .
She was planning, or rather 'scheming' , in her children's lives.
Its rigid structures and processes and predictable ways might stymie his unethical 'scheming' .
However, her 'scheming' ultimately leads to catastrophe.
His 'scheming' boss and mob underling, Sykes, demands that Oscar pay up the clams he has borrowed during his get-rich-quick schemes.
These are the people who make up the country, in his eyes, not the 'scheming' gentry and generals who composed bourgeois nationalist parties.
Members of the jury, we have given you overwhelming evidence leading up to the day of the plot; his plans; his actions; his plotting; his 'scheming' .
Alas, it is becoming as tiresomely cliched as all the others, with its share of 'scheming' women.
She will be the death us all if we do not beware of her 'scheming' ways.
And their 'scheming' couldn't have been done at a better time.
In doing so, he must also outwit Francesca's 'scheming' mother as well as her overweight fiancé, while schooling another admirer in the ways of love.
They must have learnt from the landlord that I had my ear to their window when he had arrived, and it is most likely that they, the devil priest in particular, would have recognised me from the tavern where I had first overheard their 'scheming' .
In fact, it seems that the only people privy to the 'scheming' duplicity of most of the contestants are the camera operators.
He doubted she would be there, considering they were practically done with their 'scheming' , but he was willing to hope for anything.
He raised his price by leading an army paid for by Venice to victory over the French at Fornovo in June 1495, but his inveterate 'scheming' led to imprisonment by Venice in 1509.
The antagonistic forces that fight with each other can't remain unscathed from their experiences since their 'scheming' is bound to cause a deep change in the balance that both initially had.
Those who assumed that somebody so ‘uncultured’ and naive was incapable of 'scheming' found out their mistake too late.
It's a glimpse into the golden age of kings, a lost world of luxury, political 'scheming' , extravagance and hedonism.
The final outcome of his 'scheming' , however, remains unknown because of the loss of the story's last six chapters.
She isn't a 'scheming' adulteress - she's too naive, too hopeful.
Like the French Resistance, they're not taking it lying down, as they fight back with every 'scheming' trick at their disposal.
When my friend told me about this aspect of the pre-interview my 'scheming' humorist mind awakened like a sleeping giant.
This grandiose 'scheming' is intercut with real news archive from the time, which shows the reverse - the siege descending into farce and defeat.
Their 'scheming' ultimately led to Coriolanus' banishment from Rome.
They comply, but the 'scheming' Lane has other plans.
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