偷鸡摸狗 (偷雞摸狗)
tōu jī mō gǒu
Pinyin

Definition

偷鸡摸狗 (偷雞摸狗)
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tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. to pilfer
  3. to dally with women
  4. to have affairs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偷
tōu
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to snatch
  4. 4 thief
  5. 5 stealthily
偷偷
tōu tōu
  1. 1 stealthily
  2. 2 secretly
  3. 3 covertly
  4. 4 furtively
  5. 5 on the sly
摸
mō
  1. 1 to feel with the hand
  2. 2 to touch
  3. 3 to stroke
  4. 4 to grope
  5. 5 to steal
  6. 6 to abstract
狗
gǒu
  1. 1 dog
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
偷吃
tōu chī
  1. 1 to eat on the sly
  2. 2 to pilfer food
  3. 3 to be unfaithful

Idioms (20)

丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
人模狗样
rén mó gǒu yàng
  1. 1 (idiom) to pose
  2. 2 to put on airs
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)

Sample Sentences

平常看他挺老实的，谁也没想到他会干出这样偷鸡摸狗的事。
píngcháng kàn tā tǐng lǎoshi de ，shéi yě méixiǎngdào tā huì gàn chū zhèyàng tōujīmōgǒu de shì 。
He seems to be an honest person so no one expected that he would do such a stealthy thing.
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偷鸡摸狗
tōujīmōgǒu
To act stealthily.
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她的老公经常干一些偷鸡摸狗的事情。
tā de lǎogōng jīngcháng gàn yīxiē tōujīmōgǒu de shìqing 。
Her husband often does some shady things.
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