shàng​zéi​chuán

to associate with criminals

  • created sense approved 上贼船/上賊船 · shàng​zéi​chuán · to associate with criminals — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上贼船 / 上賊船

    shàng​zéi​chuán

    to associate with criminals

    to be tricked or lured into joining a gang of criminals or a corrupt group; literally "to board a pirate ship"

    上, 贼船

    上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 贼船 (literal) → 贼船/賊船 · zéi​chuán · criminal gang

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 上贼船/上賊船 · shàng​zéi​chuán · to join a questionable group — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上贼船 / 上賊船

    shàng​zéi​chuán

    to join a questionable group

    (humorous) to join a specific group of people or a collective project, often implying that it was a regrettable decision or a trap

    上, 贼船

    上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up 贼船 (literal) → 贼船/賊船 · zéi​chuán · criminal gang

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense