賊 zéi

thief, traitor

DEFINITIONS

  • thief, traitor
  • thief
  • traitor
  • wily
  • deceitful
  • evil
  • extremely

WORDS

上賊船 shàng zéi chuán lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom); fig. to associate with criminals
中賊鷗 zhōng zéi ōu (bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
亂臣賊子 luàn chén zéi zǐ rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel
作賊 zuò zéi to be a thief
做賊心虛 zuò zéi xīn xū to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
勝者王侯敗者賊 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]
叛賊 pàn zéi renegade; traitor
國賊 guó zéi traitor to the nation
奸賊 jiān zéi a traitor; a treacherous bandit
對著和尚罵賊禿 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom); fig. to scold sb indirectly; to criticize obliquely
山賊 shān zéi brigand
慣賊 guàn zéi habitual thief
抓賊 zhuā zéi to catch a thief
採花賊 cǎi huā zéi lit. flower thief; fig. rapist
擒賊擒王 qín zéi qín wáng to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
槍烏賊 qiāng wū zéi squid
民賊獨夫 mín zéi dú fū tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
海賊 hǎi zéi pirate
海賊版 hǎi zéi bǎn pirate version; bootleg
海賊王 hǎi zéi wáng One Piece (manga and anime)
漢賊不兩立 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"
烏賊 wū zéi cuttlefish
狗賊 gǒu zéi (insult) brigand; swindler
獨夫民賊 dú fū mín zéi tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
盜賊 dào zéi robber
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