qiè​guó​zhě​hóu​qiè​gōu​zhě​zhū

to steal the whole country and be made a prince, to steal a hook and be executed

窃国者侯,窃钩者诛 竊國者侯,竊鉤者誅 qiè​guó​zhě​hóu​qiè​gōu​zhě​zhū
to steal the whole country and be made a prince, to steal a hook and be executed
Commonly used idiom from the Daoist classic 庄子 zhuāng​zǐ describing double standards in justice: big crimes go unpunished while small ones are severely punished.