To fight against pickpocketing or shoplifting; to catch pickpockets

A thief who steals money or other valuables from people's pockets or bags in public places; also known as [[三只手|三隻手|san1 zhi1 shou3]]

to steal items from a person's body or bag; to pickpocket

to push something or someone aside to create a path or opening

(dialect) beef steak

(colloquial) To push aside, flick lightly, or move things around with fingers or a tool

To live off one's own people while secretly helping outsiders or stealing from within; to be unfaithful to one's own group.

(colloquial) To pull oneself up onto or jump aboard a moving vehicle, such as a truck or train.

to scoop up or rake through ashes

a cold snack made of cooked buckwheat dough sliced into pieces and served with various seasonings like sesame paste, vinegar, garlic, and shredded vegetables

a tool used for leveling and breaking up soil in rice paddies

a metal spike with two bent ends used to hold timbers together; clasp nail

Zhou the exploiter, an archetypal villain in the story [[半夜鸡叫|半夜雞叫|ban4 ye4 ji1 jiao4]]

onomatopoeia representing the sound of a fish splashing in water or the sound of a bowstring being drawn

a place to grip or hold onto with the hands, such as a handle or a protrusion for climbing

Something to hold onto when climbing; a handhold to pull oneself up

to stretch one's neck out to peek; to poke one's head in and pry about in a suspicious manner

to sack the home and lead off the cattle; to strip a person of all their possessions

to reproduce or copy audio or video tapes without permission; specifically refers to recording copyrighted material for illegal profit

to record illegally from a tape or other medium; a pirated audio or video recording

Commonly used to describe someone who has achieved a high status through scheming; if they lose that position, their downfall will be disastrous

(variant form) a thief who steals from people's pockets or bags in public places

To gently remove something, such as a sticky substance

to skin; to peel off the skin; to flay

To reveal scandalous facts, corruption, or private matters; muckraking.

to push rice into one's mouth with chopsticks while holding the bowl close to the face

(idiom) flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors; unprincipled behavior of crawling high and stepping low

extremely anxious or anguished; very sad or worried; literally "gripping the heart and raking the liver"

to pan-fry a beefsteak; fried beefsteak

pan-fried pork chop; pork steak

pork chop; pork ribs

to forcibly strip off clothes, tie up with ropes, hang, and beat someone; a method of torture used in ancient China

chicken breast or chicken cutlet