疑神疑鬼

yí shén yí guǐ

to be suspicious of everything; paranoid

Character by character

疑yí
suspect

神shén
gods

疑yí
suspect

鬼guǐ
ghosts

丈夫回家晚了半个小时，她就疑神疑鬼，非要看他的手机不可。

Her husband was half an hour late home and she got all suspicious, insisting on looking at his phone.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Everyday and colloquial: jealousy, nerves, a boss who trusts no one. Often 别疑神疑鬼的 “stop imagining things”.

Learn this in Lesson 96 · HSK 6–7: 从乞丐到皇帝：明朝 (From beggar to emperor: the Ming)

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