zéi
thief
traitor
wily
deceitful
evil
extremely
Hǎi zéi wáng
One Piece (manga and anime)
zéi chuán
pirate ship
fig. venture of dubious merit
criminal gang
reactionary faction
fēi zéi
cat burglar
burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls
intruding enemy airman
air marauder
zuò zéi xīn xū
to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
zéi méi shǔ yǎn
shifty-eyed
crafty-looking (idiom)
zéi yǎn
shifty gaze
furtive glance
jiān zéi
a traitor
a treacherous bandit
qín zéi qín wáng
to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
nì zéi
renegade
traitor and bandit
rèn zéi zuò fù
lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
to sell oneself to the enemy
zéi liàng
bright
shiny
dazzling
glaring
guān mén zhuō zéi
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
zéi tóu zéi nǎo
lit. to behave like a thief
furtive
underhand
zéi sǐ
completely
utterly (dialect)
wù shàng zéi chuán
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship
to embark on a hopeless adventure
dú fū mín zéi
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
mín zéi dú fū
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
máo zéi
grain eating insect
lit. and fig. vermin
a person harmful to the country and the people
zéi méi zéi yǎn
see 賊眉鼠眼|贼眉鼠眼[zei2 mei2 shu3 yan3]
cháng wěi zéi ōu
(bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
jī zéi
(dialect) stingy
miserly
crafty
cunning
mǎ zéi
horse thief
(old) group of horse-mounted bandits
nào zéi
(coll.) to be burglarized
duǎn wěi zéi ōu
(bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
gǒu zéi
(insult) brigand
swindler
zhōng zéi ōu
(bird species of China) pomarine skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
luàn chén zéi zǐ
rebels and traitors (idiom)
general term for scoundrel
duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū
lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)
fig. to scold sb indirectly
to criticize obliquely
cǎi huā zéi
lit. flower thief
fig. rapist
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom)
fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
(former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
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