"偷" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin tōu
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 tōu to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily
Results beginning with 偷
 tōu tōu stealthily / secretly / covertly / furtively / on the sly
 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
 tōu xí to mount a sneak attack / to raid
 tōu kuī to peep / to peek / to act as voyeur
 tōu qíng to carry on a clandestine love affair
 tōu kàn to peep / to peek / to steal a glance
 tōu lǎn to goof off / to be lazy
 tōu qiè to steal / to pilfer
 tōu xiào to laugh up one's sleeve
 tōu tīng to eavesdrop / to monitor (secretly)
 tōu dào to steal
 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade
 tōu shuì tax evasion
 tōu yǎn to take a furtive look at
 tōu xián to snatch a moment of leisure / to take a break from work
 tōu qù to steal / to make off with / stolen
 tōu huàn to substitute on the sly
 tōu yùn to smuggle
 tōu shēng to live without purpose
 tōu pái to dump illegally
 tōu liè to poach
 tōu kòng to take some time out / to make use of a spare moment
 tōu ān to shirk responsibility / thoughtless pleasure-seeking
 tōu chī to eat on the sly / to pilfer food / to be unfaithful
 tōu duò to skive off work / to be lazy
 tōu gōng to skimp on the job / to avoid work
 tōu hàn (of a woman) to take a lover
 tōu jiā to surreptitiously add (sth that shouldn't be there)
 tōu lòu to evade (taxes)
 tōu niú cattle rustling
 tōu qǔ to steal
 tōu xīng to cheat on one's spouse / to have an affair
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 tōu kuī kuáng voyeur / peeping tom
 tōu dù zhě smuggled illegal alien / stowaway
  joyriding
 tōu hàn zi (of a woman) to take a lover
 tōu liè zhě poacher
 tōu tōu mō mō surreptitious / sneaky
 tōu gōng jiǎn liào to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work
 tōu tiān huàn rì to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously
 tōu liáng huàn zhù lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
 tōu jī mō gǒu to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs
 tōu xiāng qiè yù lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom) / philandering / secret illicit sex
  cattle rustling
 tōu dào shí yóu oil bunkering
 tōu yùn yí mín migrant smuggling / smuggling of migrants
 tōu tōu ài zhe nǐ Hana-Kimi
 tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn
 tōu jī bù zháo shí bǎ mǐ see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]
  Conference on Theft of and Illicit Trafficking in Motor Vehicles
Approximate Results for 偷
 xiǎo tōu thief
 guàn tōu habitual thief
 gǒu qiě tōu shēng to drift and live without purpose (idiom) / to drag out an ignoble existence
 xiǎo tōu xiǎo mō petty theft
 rěn gòu tōu shēng to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
 rěn rǔ tōu shēng to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
 záo bì tōu guāng lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
  commissioned theft
 bèi tōu shì dài stolen generations
 bù tōu bù qiǎng to be law-abiding (idiom)
 gǒu qiě tōu ān seeking only ease and comfort (idiom) / making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
 hóu zi tōu táo "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
 shāng yè xìng tōu liè commercial poaching
 bù pà zéi tōu jiù pà zéi diàn jì much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)
  Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit
  Coordination Unit against the Trafficking of Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
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