created reference approved 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯/竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 / 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 qiègōuzhězhūqièguózhěhóu
庄子 / 莊子 zhuāngzǐ
see
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created sense approved 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯/竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 · qiègōuzhězhūqièguózhěhóu · steal a hook and you're executed, steal a country and you're a lord — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 / 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯
qiègōuzhězhūqièguózhěhóu
steal a hook and you're executed, steal a country and you're a lord
A person who steals a small item is punished, while one who steals a whole nation is rewarded with power; an idiom from the Daoist classic [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]].
窃 (literal) → 窃/竊 · qiè · to steal 钩 (literal) → 钩/鉤 · gōu · hook 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 诛 (literal) → 诛/誅 · zhū · to execute ， (non_chinese) 窃 (literal) → 窃/竊 · qiè · to steal 国 (literal) → 国/國 · guó · country 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 侯 (literal) → 侯 · hóu · marquis
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