无事献殷勤，非奸即盗
Traditional: 無事獻殷勤，非姦即盜Dictionary entry
one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
What does 无事献殷勤，非奸即盗 mean?
无事献殷勤，非奸即盗 (wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào) has the following dictionary meaning.
1one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
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无móused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]事shìmatter · thing献xiànto offer · to present殷Yīnsurname Yin · dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1 xu1] in present-day Henan勤qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking · frequent; regular; constant非Fēiabbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa奸jiānwicked · crafty即jínamely · that is
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