窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu

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Definiciones

  1. 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])

Palabras que componen 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

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