窃贼
qiè zéi
Pinyin

Definition

窃贼
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qiè zéi
  1. thief

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

海贼
hǎi zéi
  1. 1 pirate
窃听
qiè tīng
  1. 1 to eavesdrop
  2. 2 to wiretap
贼
zéi
  1. 1 thief
  2. 2 traitor
  3. 3 wily
  4. 4 deceitful
  5. 5 evil
  6. 6 extremely
偷窃
tōu qiè
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
剽窃
piāo qiè
  1. 1 to plunder
  2. 2 to plagiarize
国贼
guó zéi
  1. 1 traitor to the nation
失窃
shī qiè
  1. 1 to lose by theft
  2. 2 to have one's property stolen
山贼
shān zéi
  1. 1 brigand
扒窃
pá qiè
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pick pockets
  3. 3 to frisk
海贼王
Hǎi zéi wáng
  1. 1 One Piece (manga and anime)
乌贼
wū zéi
  1. 1 cuttlefish
盗窃
dào qiè
  1. 1 to steal
盗贼
dào zéi
  1. 1 robber
窃
qiè
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 (humble) I
窃取
qiè qǔ
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to seize
窃喜
qiè xǐ
  1. 1 to be secretly delighted
窃窃
qiè qiè
  1. 1 privately
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 unobtrusively
窃笑
qiè xiào
  1. 1 to snigger
  2. 2 to titter
窃贼
qiè zéi
  1. 1 thief
行窃
xíng qiè
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to commit a robbery

Idioms (14)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū
  1. 1 to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
对着和尚骂贼秃
duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū
  1. 1 lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. 3 to criticize obliquely
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
  1. 1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
民贼独夫
mín zéi dú fū
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
汉贼不两立
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shǔ Hàn] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cáo Wèi] cannot coexist (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
  3. 3 (former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
独夫民贼
dú fū mín zéi
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛
qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū
  1. 1 steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯
qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu
  1. 1 steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
  1. 1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
  2. 2 to sell oneself to the enemy
贼眉鼠眼
zéi méi shǔ yǎn
  1. 1 shifty-eyed
  2. 2 crafty-looking (idiom)
关门捉贼
guān mén zhuō zéi
  1. 1 to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)

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