嫌猜

xiáncāi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 suspicion
  2. 2 misgivings

Examples

HSK 6
Liǎng rén cóngxiǎo yìqǐ zhǎngdà, bǐcǐ zhījiān háowú xiáncāi.
The two grew up together and never had any suspicion between them.
HSK 6
Wèile yìdiǎn xiǎoshì, liǎng jiā chǎnshēng le xiáncāi, duō nián bù láiwǎng.
Over a trifle the two families grew suspicious of each other, and they have not been in touch for years.

Tips

history
Best known from 李白's 长干行, where the wife remembers their childhood: 两小无嫌猜 'two little ones with no suspicion between them'. The line gave the idiom 两小无猜, said of a boy and girl who grow up as close, innocent playmates.

Stroke Order

嫌 xián
猜 cāi