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.

    看到那些贪赃枉法的高官依然逍遥法外，人们常感叹‘窃钩者诛，窃国者侯’。

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