狗偷鼠竊
gǒu​tōu​shǔ​qiè

petty theft

  • created reference approved 狗偷鼠窃/狗偷鼠竊 → 鼠窃狗盗/鼠竊狗盜 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狗偷鼠窃 / 狗偷鼠竊 gǒu​tōu​shǔ​qiè

    鼠窃狗盗 / 鼠竊狗盜 shǔ​qiè​gǒu​dào

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 狗偷鼠窃/狗偷鼠竊 · gǒu​tōu​shǔ​qiè · petty theft — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狗偷鼠窃 / 狗偷鼠竊

    gǒu​tōu​shǔ​qiè

    petty theft

    refers to someone who engages in petty theft or behaves in a sneaky and underhanded way; literally "thieving like dogs and stealing like rats"

    狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · despicable 偷 (literal) → 偷 · tōu · thief 鼠窃 (literal) → 鼠窃/鼠竊 · shǔ​qiè · petty thief

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

    created sense