起意

qǐyì
  1. to conceive a scheme
  2. to devise a plan

CEDICT

to hit upon an idea (usually an evil idea)

Wiktionary

生出意念。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
2 意 yì
  1. idea
  2. meaning
  3. thought
  4. to think
  5. wish
  6. desire
  7. intention
  8. to expect
  9. to anticipate

Containing this entry

見財起意 jiàncáiqǐyì seeing riches provokes evil designs