贼

zéi

HSK 7 noun / adjective

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Meaning 释义

  1. thief; robber
  2. (bound form) traitor; subversive
  3. (bound form) evil; wicked
  4. sly; shifty; devious
  5. (literary) to harm; to injure
  6. (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)

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In real sentences 真实例句

有yǒu可乘之机kěchéngzhījī才cái会huì有yǒu贼zéi。

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

Tatoeba #897277

想xiǎng从cóng贼zéi身上shēnshang捞lāo点儿diǎnr什么shénme是shì很hěn难nán的de

It's hard to steal from a thief.

Tatoeba #4546952

警方jǐngfāng根据gēnjù现场xiànchǎng遗yí下xià的de证物zhèngwù把bǎ贼zéi子zi找zhǎo了le出来chūlái。

The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.

Tatoeba #387116

一个yī ge窃贼qièzéi闯进chuǎngjìn了le他tā的de房子fángzi。

A burglar broke into his house.

Tatoeba #844475

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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