(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

zuì kuí huò shǒu

z+uì·4th tonek+uí·2nd toneh+uò·4th tonesh+ǒu·3rd tone

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It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.

听起来好像他是这场灾难的罪魁祸首。

The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.

该报文章中将被告人描述成一个罪魁祸首，尽管他已经被证明是无辜的了。

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