驴肝肺

驢肝肺

lǘgānfèi

idiom #61,170

Meanings

HSK 7-9

我好心帮他，他却把我的好心当成驴肝肺。

Wǒ hǎoxīn bāng tā, tā què bǎ wǒ de hǎoxīn dàngchéng lǘgānfèi.

I helped him out of kindness, and he took my goodwill for ill intent.

HSK 7-9

别把人家的一片好意看作驴肝肺。

Bié bǎ rénjiā de yí piàn hǎoyì kànzuò lǘgānfèi.

Don't treat someone's sincere kindness like it's rotten intent.

usage

Almost always shows up in the fixed pattern 把好心当成驴肝肺, to misread kindness as malice. A classic way to complain about ungrateful behavior.

驴 lǘ

肝 gān

肺 fèi