别有用心

bié yǒu yòng xīn de wù jiě

别有用心的误解

distortions of ulterior motives

zhè yī shuō fa xiǎn rán bié yǒu yòng xīn

这一说法显然别有用心。

There is obviously an ulterior motive behind this wording.

bié yǒu yòng xīn de rén

别有用心的人

axe-grinder

tā duì wǒ zhè me hǎo yī dìng bié yǒu yòng xīn

他对我这么好，一定别有用心。

He must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me.

wǒ huái yí tā bāng zhù wǒ men shì bié yǒu yòng xīn de

我怀疑她帮助我们是别有用心的。

I suspected that her motives for helping us were questionable.

yǒu xiē bié yǒu yòng xīn de tóng shì zǔ zhǐ lǎo bǎn tí bá wǒ

有些别有用心的同事阻止老板提拔我。

Designing colleagues stopped the boss from promoting me.