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窃钩者诛，窃国者侯
qiè​gōu​zhě​zhū, qiè​guó​zhě​hóu

law's inequity

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窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 (竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯) qiè​gōu​zhě​zhū, qiè​guó​zhě​hóu
law's inequity
To be punished for petty crimes while rewarded for major ones; literally: steal a hook and be executed, steal a state and be made a lord.

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