诡计多端

詭計多端

guǐjì-duōduān

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

HSK 5

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.

HSK 6

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