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tōu to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily
小偷 xiǎo tōu thief
大盗 dào thief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety)
人赃俱获 rén zāng huò (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed
做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
zéi thief; robber / (bound form) traitor; subversive / (bound form) evil; wicked / sly; shifty; devious / (literary) to harm; to injure / (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
恶人先告状 è rén xiān gào zhuàng the guilty party files the suit / the thief cries thief
作贼 zuò zéi to be a thief
抓贼 zhuā zéi to catch a thief
惯偷 guàn tōu habitual thief
dào to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber
关门捉贼 guān mén zhuō zéi to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
马贼 zéi horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
惯窃 guàn qiè habitual thief
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 zéi tōu jiù zéi diàn much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)
梁上君子 liáng shàng jūn lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
积贼 zéi confirmed thief
窃嫌 qiè xián suspected thief (Tw)
开门揖盗 kāi mén dào leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
宵小 xiāo xiǎo thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain
惯贼 guàn zéi habitual thief
妙手空空 miào shǒu kōng kōng petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
以毒攻毒 gōng to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
贼头贼脑 zéi tóu zéi nǎo lit. to behave like a thief / furtive / underhand


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