窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu

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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[zhuāng zǐ])

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Child Words of 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

• 国 国 guó: country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])
• 者 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 钩 钩 gōu: to hook
• 侯 侯 hóu: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
• 窃 窃 qiè: to steal
• 诛 诛 zhū: to put (a criminal) to death