寇

kòu

Definitions

1. to invade
2. to plunder
3. bandit
4. foe
5. enemy

Words Containing 寇

• 倭寇 wō kòu: Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
• 胜者王侯败者寇 shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu: the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
• 司寇 sī kòu: minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
• 寇攘 kòu rǎng: to rob and steal
• 寇比力克 kòu bǐ lì kè: see 庫布里克|库布里克[kù bù lǐ kè]
• 寇准 kòu zhǔn: Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
• 成则为王，败则为寇 chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu: lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
• 成王败寇 chéng wáng bài kòu: see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu]
• 成者为王，败者为寇 chéng zhě wéi wáng , bài zhě wéi kòu: see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu]
• 流寇 liú kòu: roving bandit
• 穷寇 qióng kòu: cornered enemy
• 草寇 cǎo kòu: bandits
• 落草为寇 luò cǎo wéi kòu: to take to the woods to become an outlaw (idiom)
• 视如寇仇 shì rú kòu chóu: to regard as an enemy
• 豆寇年华 dòu kòu nián huá: used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood