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祸首

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huò shǒu

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Definitions

  1. 1. chief offender
  2. 2. main culprit

Words Containing 祸首

罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu

criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit

祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí

main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit

Child Words of 祸首

首
shǒu

head

祸
huò

disaster

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