认贼作父 Chinese English dictionary 认贼作父 translate 认贼作父 pinyin

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认贼作父

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
认贼作父 rènzéizuòfù	认贼作父 \| 认贼作父* \| *认贼作父	lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy	認賊作父

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
认	认 \| 认* \| *认	4画讠 + 2	rèn	recognize, know, understand	jing6	認 3870 IVO


贼	贼 \| 贼* \| *贼	10画贝 + 6	zéi, zé	thief, traitor; kill	caak6	賊 7385 BOIJ


作	作 \| 作* \| *作	7画人亻 + 5	zuò, zuō, zuó	make; work; compose, write; act, perform	zok3	2821.1 OHS


父	父 \| 父* \| *父	4画父 + 0	fù, fǔ	father; Kangxi radical 88	fu6	8040.0 CK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
认贼作父 rènzéizuòfù	认贼作父 \| 认贼作父* \| *认贼作父	lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy


认 rèn	认 \| 认* \| *认	to recognize / to know / to admit


贼　zéi	贼 \| 贼* \| *贼	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)


作　　zuō	作 \| 作* \| *作	(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)


作　　zuò	作 \| 作* \| *作	to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works


父　　　fù	父 \| 父* \| *父	(bound form) father / (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父) / (computing) (bound form) parent-