穿窬之盗
chuān​yú​zhī​dào

burglar

  • created sense approved 穿窬之盗/穿窬之盜 · chuān​yú​zhī​dào · burglar — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穿窬之盗 / 穿窬之盜

    chuān​yú​zhī​dào

    burglar

    a thief who climbs over walls or breaks through them; by extension, a hypocrite or someone whose outward appearance hides a corrupt nature

    穿 (literal) → 穿 · chuān · to pierce 窬 (literal) → 窬 · yú · to climb over 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 盗 (literal) → 盗/盜 · dào · thief

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

    created sense