"Culprit" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 肇事者 | zhào shì zhě | offender / culprit |  |
| 主犯 | zhǔ fàn | culprit |  |
| 真凶 | zhēn xiōng | culprit | |
| 人犯 | rén fàn | criminal / culprit / suspect (old) | |
| 罪魁祸首 | zuì kuí huò shǒu | criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster | |
| 元凶 | yuán xiōng | chief offender / main culprit | |
| 祸首 | huò shǒu | chief offender / main culprit | |
| 罪魁 | zuì kuí | criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem | |
| 祸首罪魁 | huò shǒu zuì kuí | main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster | |
| 罪魁祸首 | zuì kuí - huò shǒu | (idiom) criminal ringleader / main offender / main culprit / main cause of a disaster | |
