窃窃 (竊竊)
qiè qiè
Pinyin

Definition

窃窃 (竊竊)
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qiè qiè
  1. privately
  2. secretly
  3. unobtrusively

Character Decomposition

Related Words (14)

窃喜
qiè xǐ
  1. 1 to be secretly delighted
窃听
qiè tīng
  1. 1 to eavesdrop
  2. 2 to wiretap
偷窃
tōu qiè
  1. 1 to steal
  2. 2 to pilfer
剽窃
piāo qiè
  1. 1 to plunder
  2. 2 to plagiarize
失窃
shī qiè
  1. 1 to lose by theft
  2. 2 to have one's property stolen

Idioms (3)

偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛
qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū
  1. 1 steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯
qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu
  1. 1 steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)