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偷取
tōu qǔ
Pinyin
Definition
偷取
-
tōu qǔ
to steal
Character Decomposition
偷
亻
人
一
月
刂
取
耳
又
Related Words
(20)
获取
huò qǔ
1
to gain
2
to get
3
to acquire
领取
lǐng qǔ
1
to receive
2
to draw
3
to get
偷
tōu
1
to steal
2
to pilfer
3
to snatch
4
thief
5
stealthily
偷偷
tōu tōu
1
stealthily
2
secretly
3
covertly
4
furtively
5
on the sly
偷懒
tōu lǎn
1
to goof off
2
to be lazy
偷拍
tōu pāi
1
to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
偷笑
tōu xiào
1
to laugh up one's sleeve
取
qǔ
1
to take
2
to get
3
to choose
4
to fetch
取代
qǔ dài
1
to replace
2
to supersede
3
to supplant
4
(chemistry) substitution
取出
qǔ chū
1
to take out
2
to extract
3
to draw out
取名
qǔ míng
1
to name
2
to be named
3
to christen
4
to seek fame
取得
qǔ dé
1
to acquire
2
to get
3
to obtain
取悦
qǔ yuè
1
to try to please
取舍
qǔ shě
1
to choose
2
to accept or reject
取暖
qǔ nuǎn
1
to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
取消
qǔ xiāo
1
to cancel
2
cancellation
吸取
xī qǔ
1
to absorb
2
to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
3
to assimilate
小偷
xiǎo tōu
1
thief
抽取
chōu qǔ
1
to extract
2
to remove
3
to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
采取
cǎi qǔ
1
to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
2
to take
Idioms
(20)
以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
1
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
1
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
2
skulduggery
3
to hoodwink people
4
to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
1
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
2
jerry-building
3
sloppy work
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
1
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
2
to replace the original with a fake
3
to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
1
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
2
fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
3
to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
1
to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
2
to pilfer
3
to dally with women
4
to have affairs
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
1
lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
2
secret illicit sex
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
1
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
2
to use this in place of that
3
what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
gè qǔ suǒ xū
1
each takes what he needs (idiom)
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
1
to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
2
to bring trouble through one's own actions
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
1
as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
2
in the bag
3
(as good as) in one's possession
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
1
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
1
to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
战无不胜，攻无不取
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ
1
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
2
ever victorious
3
nothing they can't do
舍生取义
shě shēng qǔ yì
1
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life
2
would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
1
to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
2
in the bag
断章取义
duàn zhāng qǔ yì
1
to quote out of context (idiom)
标新取异
biāo xīn qǔ yì
1
to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
欲取姑予
yù qǔ gū yǔ
1
variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yù qǔ gū yǔ]
2
to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
欲取姑与
yù qǔ gū yǔ
1
to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
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