诡计多端

詭計多端

guǐjìduōduān

idiom #21,751

Meanings

1 full of tricks and schemes
2 crafty
3 cunning and full of stratagems

Characters

crafty, devious, strange

plan, scheme, stratagem

end, aspect, point, extreme

Examples

这个商人诡计多端，大家都要小心他。

Zhège shāngrén guǐjì duōduān, dàjiā dōu yào xiǎoxīn tā.

This merchant is full of tricks — everyone must be careful around him.

故事里的反派诡计多端，总能逃脱追捕。

Gùshi lǐ de fǎnpài guǐjì duōduān, zǒng néng táotuō zhuībǔ.

The villain in the story is full of schemes and always manages to escape capture.

Tips

memory

诡计 = 'tricks/schemes' (诡 = devious, 计 = plan), 多端 = 'many ends/facets'. Imagine someone whose scheming has so many angles it is hard to pin them down.

Stroke Order

诡 guǐ

计 jì

多 duō

端 duān