祸首罪魁 huò shǒu zuì kuí

fig. main cause of a disaster

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. main cause of a disaster
  2. 2. main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit

Characters

Character Meaning
祸 huò HSK 6
misfortune; disaster; calamity
首 shǒu HSK 4
first (occasion, thing etc); head; chief
罪 zuì HSK 6
crime; guilt; fault
魁 kuí
chief; head; outstanding