窃国者侯，窃钩者诛

qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū

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Definitions

  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[zhuāng zǐ])

Child Words of 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛

国
guó

country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])

者
zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

钩
gōu

to hook

侯
hóu

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]

窃
qiè

(humble) I

诛
zhū

to put (a criminal) to death