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落草为寇

luò cǎo wéi kòu

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Definitions

  1. 1. to take to the woods to become an outlaw (idiom)

Child Words of 落草为寇

落
lào

colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds

草
cǎo

grass

落
luò

to fall or drop

为
wèi

because of

寇
kòu

to invade

落
là

to leave out

为
wéi

as (in the capacity of)