見財起意jiàn cái qǐ yìbe moved to commit crimes by sight of money; conceive an evil design on seeing money; harbour evil thoughts on seeing valuables;think of stealing upon seeing sb’s money
? 這廝原是遠流配軍，如何不做賊，一定是一時～。(《水滸全傳》365)The scoundrel being under sentence of distant exile,of course you’d turn thief! You saw the chance and couldn’t resist. 見財起意jian cai qi yiharbour evil intentions at the sight of money |