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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偷* | 偷* | *偷
to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *贼* | 贼* | *贼
thief / traitor / wily / deceitful / evil / extremely
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盗* | 盗* | *盗
to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber
HSK 7-9
thief
thief; bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety)
master thief
thief
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
thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
habitual thief
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
to catch a thief
petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish) / empty-handed / having nothing
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
lit. to behave like a thief / furtive / underhand
habitual thief
habitual thief
thief
confirmed thief
much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)
(of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed
to be a thief
the guilty party files the suit / the thief cries thief
suspected thief (Tw)
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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