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賊 (贼)

zéi

Definition

thief
traitor
wily
deceitful
evil
extremely

Character Decomposition

Related words (38)

bright; shiny; dazzling; glaring

evil intentions

completely; utterly (dialect)

shifty gaze; furtive glance

(derog.) Buddhist monk

thieves' lair

pirate ship; (fig.) venture of dubious merit; criminal gang; reactionary faction

zéi tóu zéi nǎo

(lit.) to behave like a thief; furtive; underhand

zéi méi zéi yǎn

see 賊眉鼠眼

cuttlefish

to be a thief

renegade; traitor

traitor to the nation

a traitor; a treacherous bandit

brigand

habitual thief

to catch a thief

pirate

(insult) brigand; swindler

robber

confirmed thief

thief

usurper

grain eating insect; (lit.) and fig. vermin; a person harmful to the country and the people

renegade; traitor and bandit

(coll.) to be burglarized

cat burglar; burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls; intruding enemy airman; air marauder

horse thief; (old) group of horse-mounted bandits

(dialect) stingy; miserly; crafty; cunning

zhōng zéi ōu

(bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)

traitor

qiāng wū zéi

squid

pirate version; bootleg

(dialect) sparrow

(lit.) flower thief; (fig.) rapist

duǎn wěi zéi ōu

(bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

wù shàng zéi chuán

(lit.) to mistakenly board a pirate ship; to embark on a hopeless adventure

cháng wěi zéi ōu

(bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Idioms (9)

zéi méi shǔ yǎn

shifty-eyed; crafty-looking (idiom)

luàn chén zéi zǐ

rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel

zuò zéi xīn xū

to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have something on one's conscience; one's guilty conscience always fears danger; a guilty conscience is a self-accuser; guilty

guān mén zhuō zéi

to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)

qín zéi qín wáng

to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)

mín zéi dú fū

tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator

dú fū mín zéi

tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator

rèn zéi zuò fù

(lit.) to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal; to sell oneself to the enemy

對著和尚罵賊禿

duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū

(lit.) to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom); (fig.) to scold sb indirectly; to criticize obliquely

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