认贼作父 rènzéizuòfù to treat an enemy as a friend Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 认贼作父 認賊作父 rènzéizuòfù to treat an enemy as a friend literally "to acknowledge a bandit as one's father"; to sell oneself to the enemy or give allegiance to an invader Frequency Written text 0.079 per million Cross-References Antonym 大义灭亲 dàyìmièqīnSynonym 认贼为子 rènzéiwéizǐ认敌为友 rèndíwéiyǒu Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
认贼作父 認賊作父 rènzéizuòfù to treat an enemy as a friend literally "to acknowledge a bandit as one's father"; to sell oneself to the enemy or give allegiance to an invader Frequency Written text 0.079 per million Cross-References Antonym 大义灭亲 dàyìmièqīnSynonym 认贼为子 rènzéiwéizǐ认敌为友 rèndíwéiyǒu Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)