贼 (賊)
zéi
Pinyin

Definition

贼 (賊)
 - 
zéi
  1. thief
  2. traitor
  3. wily
  4. deceitful
  5. evil
  6. extremely

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

海贼
hǎi zéi
  1. 1 pirate
贼
zéi
  1. 1 thief
  2. 2 traitor
  3. 3 wily
  4. 4 deceitful
  5. 5 evil
  6. 6 extremely
国贼
guó zéi
  1. 1 traitor to the nation
山贼
shān zéi
  1. 1 brigand
海贼王
Hǎi zéi wáng
  1. 1 One Piece (manga and anime)

Idioms (11)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū
  1. 1 to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
对着和尚骂贼秃
duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū
  1. 1 lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. 3 to criticize obliquely
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
  1. 1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)

Sample Sentences

然而踏碎了的蔷薇犹能盛开，醉倒了的猛虎有时醒来。所以霸王有时悲歌，弱女有时杀贼；梅村，子山晚作悲凉，萨松在第一次大战后出版了低调的“心旅”。
ránér tà suì le de qiángwēi yóu néng shèngkāi ，zuì dǎo le de měng hǔ yǒushí xǐnglái 。suǒyǐ bàwáng yǒushí bēigē ，ruò nǚ yǒushí shā zéi ；Méicūn ，Zǐshān wǎn zuò bēiliáng ，Sàsōng zài dìyīcì dàzhàn hòu chūbǎn le dīdiào de “xīnlǚ ”。
However, the trampled rose can still bloom, and the intoxicated tiger will wake at times. Just as the hegemon will sing dirges at times and young girls may kill thieves at times; The late works of Wu Weiye and Yu Xin are sorrowful, for example, and Sassoon published the very downbeat 'The Heart's Journey' after World War I.
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这贼头贼脑的，完全没声音啊！
zhè zéitóuzéinǎo de ，wánquán méi shēngyīn ā ！
It's so spooky, there's no sound at all!
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什么贼头贼脑，你少在那边吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸了，快上来啦！
shénme zéitóuzéinǎo ，nǐ shǎo zài nàbiān chībudào pútao shuō pútao suān le ，kuài shànglái la ！
What do you mean spooky? Stop with the sour grapes and get on!
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嗯！ 《海贼王》我都看了十来年了，如此经典的史诗大片，再等个一年，也只能说是心甘情愿了。
ng4 ！ 《Hǎizéiwáng 》wǒ dōu kàn le shí lái nián le ，rúcǐ jīngdiǎn de shǐshī dàpiān ，zài děng gè yī nián ，yě zhǐnéng shuō shì xīn gān qíng yuàn le 。
Yeah! I've been watching One Piece for ten years. With such an epic series, I'm only more than happy to wait another year for the next episode.
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就是长得很像乌贼的一种海鲜，比较小，常常跟葱、辣椒一起清炒。
jiùshì zhǎng de hěn xiàng wūzéi de yìzhǒng hǎixiān ，bǐjiào xiǎo ，chángcháng gēn cōng 、làjiāo yìqǐ qīngchǎo 。
They're a sea animal that resembles the cuttle fish, except they're smaller and they're often shallow fried with spring onion and hot peppers.
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你连乌贼都不知道？花枝！花枝知道了吧？就是很像烤鱿鱼的那种，鱿鱼通常比较大，再来是乌贼，就是所谓的花枝，然后是小管。
nǐ lián wūzéi dōu bù zhīdào ？huāzhī ！huāzhī zhīdao le ba ？jiùshì hěn xiàng kǎo yóuyú de nà zhǒng ，yóuyú tōngcháng bǐjiào dà ，zài lái shì wūzéi ，jiùshì suǒwèi de huāzhī ，ránhòu shì xiǎoguǎn 。
You don't even know what cuttlefish are? Cuttle! You know what cuttle is right? It looks a lot like roast squid, except the squid they use for roast squid is normally bigger, then comes cuttle fish, then comes neritic squid
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乌贼？乌贼可以吃吗？
wūzéi ？wūzéi kěyǐ chī ma ？
Cuttle fish? Can you eat cuttle fish?
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看，你的手机壳就是海贼王！我记得，刚才有人说自己不喜欢卡通。
kàn ，nǐ de shǒujīké jiùshì hǎizéiwáng ！wǒ jìde ，gāngcái yǒu rén shuō zìjǐ bù xǐhuan kǎtōng 。
Look, you've got a One Piece phone cover right there! I seem to remember someone saying just now that they didn't like cartoons.
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下个月就是动漫展了，你今年还是海贼王，死忠不变吗？
xià ge yuè jiùshì dòngmànzhǎn le ，nǐ jīnnián háishì hǎizéiwáng ，sǐzhōng búbiàn ma ？
The anime exhibition is next month, are you going as the King of the Pirates from One Piece again? Your loyalties haven't changed I take it?
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我的感觉不会错的。张亮接电话的时候很紧张，肯定是做贼心虚。
wǒ de gǎnjué bùhuì cuò de 。Zhāng Liàng jiē diànhuà de shíhou hěn jǐnzhāng ，kěndìng shì zuòzéixīnxū 。
My feeling can’t be wrong. When Zhang Liang answered the phone he was very nervous. It must be because he has a guilty conscience.
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