"Thief" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 tōu to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily
 zéi thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely
 xiǎo tōu thief
 qiè zéi thief
 dào to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber
 xiāo xiǎo thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain
 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
 zhuā zéi to catch a thief
 zuò zéi xīn xū to feel guilty as a thief (idiom) / to have sth on one's conscience
 cǎi huā zéi lit. flower thief / fig. rapist
 guàn tōu habitual thief
 rén zāng jù huò (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed
 zéi tóu zéi nǎo lit. to behave like a thief / furtive / underhand
 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
 miào shǒu kōng kōng petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom) / to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
 guàn qiè habitual thief
 zuò zéi to be a thief
 è rén xiān gào zhuàng the guilty party files the suit / the thief cries thief
 jī zéi confirmed thief
 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
 cǎi huā dà dào lit. flower thief / fig. rapist
 guàn zéi habitual thief
 qiè xián suspected thief (Tw)
 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
 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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