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Character Decomposition
贼=贝+戎
Etymology
weapons
Meanings
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)
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Words with 贼 295 total
strikebreaker; scab; traitor to the working class工贼gōng zéicat burglar · burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls · intruding enemy airman · air marauder飞贼fēi zéiusurper篡贼cuàn zéirenegade · traitor and bandit逆贼nì zéihorse thief · (old) group of horse-mounted bandits马贼mǎ zéithief窃贼qiè zéithief毛贼máo zéiinsect that damages cereal crop seedlings · (lit. and fig.) vermin · a person harmful to the country and the people蟊贼máo zéibrigand山贼shān zéi
Idioms with 贼 40 total Chain
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator独夫民贼dú fū mín zéilit. Shu Han and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) · fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky · (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"汉贼不两立Hàn zéi bù liǎng lìrebels and traitors (idiom) · general term for scoundrel乱臣贼子luàn chén zéi zǐtyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator民贼独夫mín zéi dú fū
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