偷 to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily 贼 thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely 小 偷 xiǎo tōu thief 窃 贼 qiè zéi thief 盗 to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber 宵 小 xiāo xiǎo thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain 马 贼 mǎ zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits 抓 贼 zhuā zéi to catch a thief 做 贼 心 虚 zuò zéi xīn xū to feel guilty as a thief (idiom) / to have sth on one's conscience 采 花 贼 cǎi huā zéi lit. flower thief / fig. rapist 惯 偷 guàn tōu habitual thief 人 赃 俱 获 rén zāng jù huò (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed 贼 头 贼 脑 zéi tóu zéi nǎo lit. to behave like a thief / furtive / underhand 以 毒 攻 毒 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 梁 上 君 子 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief 妙 手 空 空 miào shǒu kōng kōng petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing 开 门 揖 盗 kāi mén yī dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom) / to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand 惯 窃 guàn qiè habitual thief 作 贼 zuò zéi to be a thief 恶 人 先 告 状 è rén xiān gào zhuàng the guilty party files the suit / the thief cries thief 积 贼 jī zéi confirmed thief 关 门 捉 贼 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom) 采 花 大 盗 cǎi huā dà dào lit. flower thief / fig. rapist 惯 贼 guàn zéi habitual thief 窃 嫌 qiè xián suspected thief (Tw) 贼 喊 捉 贼 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 不 怕 贼 偷 就 怕 贼 惦 记 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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