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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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lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 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"
bright / shiny / dazzling / glaring
(derog.) Buddhist monk
habitual thief
robber
(bird species of China) pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
thief
(insult) brigand / swindler
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
shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom)
cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
traitor
thieves' lair
rebels and traitors (idiom) / general term for scoundrel
lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy
shifty gaze / furtive glance
lit. to behave like a thief / furtive / underhand
insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people
traitor to the nation
renegade / traitor and bandit
brigand
horse thief / (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
renegade / traitor
pirate
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
cuttlefish
confirmed thief
(dialect) sparrow
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
squid
to catch a thief
lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom) / fig. to associate with criminals
One Piece (manga and anime)
usurper
rapist
pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction
pirate version / bootleg
much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)
vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)
(bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
completely / utterly (dialect)
(dialect) stingy / miserly / crafty / cunning
to be a thief
(imperial China) rebel; traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles)
a traitor / a treacherous bandit
lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (saying) / fig. to insult indirectly; to criticize obliquely
(idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure
evil intentions
(bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
(coll.) to be burglarized
(bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)


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