"贼" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin zéi
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月人戈十
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 zéi thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely
Results beginning with 贼
 zéi chuán pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction
 zéi xīn evil intentions
 zéi yǎn shifty gaze / furtive glance
 zéi wō thieves' lair
 zéi liàng bright / shiny / dazzling / glaring
 zéi sǐ completely / utterly (dialect)
 zéi tū (derog.) Buddhist monk
 zéi méi shǔ yǎn shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
 zéi tóu zéi nǎo lit. to behave like a thief / furtive / underhand
 zéi méi zéi yǎn see 賊眉鼠眼|贼眉鼠眼[zei2 mei2 shu3 yan3]
 zéi hǎn zhuō zéi lit. a thief crying "Stop the thief!" (idiom) / fig. to accuse sb of a theft and try to sneak away oneself / to cover up one's misdeeds by shifting the blame onto others
Approximate Results for 贼
 dào zéi robber
 shān zéi brigand
 qiè zéi thief
 hǎi zéi pirate
 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
 wū zéi cuttlefish
 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
 zhuā zéi to catch a thief
 jiān zéi a traitor / a treacherous bandit
 máo zéi insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people
 cuàn zéi usurper
 gǒu zéi (insult) brigand / swindler
 guàn zéi habitual thief
 guó zéi traitor to the nation
 jī zéi confirmed thief
 jī zéi (dialect) stingy / miserly / crafty / cunning
 nào zéi (coll.) to be burglarized
 nì zéi renegade / traitor and bandit
 pàn zéi renegade / traitor
 zuò zéi to be a thief
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 Hǎi zéi wáng One Piece (manga and anime)
 mài guó zéi traitor
 cǎi huā zéi lit. flower thief / fig. rapist
 hǎi zéi bǎn pirate version / bootleg
 lǎo jiā zéi (dialect) sparrow
 qiāng wū zéi squid
 shàng zéi chuán lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom) / fig. to associate with criminals
 zhōng zéi ōu (bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
 zuò zéi xīn xū to feel guilty as a thief (idiom) / to have sth on one's conscience
 rèn zéi zuò fù lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) / fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy
 dú fū mín zéi tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
 luàn chén zéi zǐ rebels and traitors (idiom) / general term for scoundrel
 mín zéi dú fū tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
  kleptocracy
 cháng wěi zéi ōu (bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
 duǎn wěi zéi ōu (bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
 Mài shì zéi ōu (bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
 qín zéi qín wáng to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
 wù shàng zéi chuán lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure
 xī xuè wū zéi vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
 Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
  bobtail squid / cuttlefish
 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
 shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě zéi see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4]
 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)
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