偷 tōu
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tōu
verb
to steal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '偷') -
tōu
noun
a burglar; a thief
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '偷')
Contained in
- 偷猎者(偷獵者) poacher
- 偷渡者 smuggled illegal alien; stowaway
- 苟且偷安 seeking only ease and comfort; making no attempt to improve oneself
- 苟且偷生 to drift and live without purpose; to drag out an ignoble existence
- 偷看 to peep; to peek; to steal a glance
- 猴子偷桃 monkey steals the peach (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other
- 偷生 to live without purpose
- 偷偷摸摸 surreptitious; sneaky
- 偷鸡摸狗(偷雞摸狗) to imitate the dog and steal chicken; to pilfer; to dally with women; to have affairs
- 偷东摸西(偷東摸西) to steal and touch everything from east to west
- 偷吃 to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful
- 偷梁换柱(偷梁換柱) to steal a rafter and replace it with a column; to replace the original with a fake
- 偷换(偷換) to substitute on the sly
- 偷听(偷聽) to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
- 凿壁偷光(鑿壁偷光) to pierce the wall to steal a light; to study diligently in the face of hardship
- 偷排 to dump illegally
- 偷汉(偷漢) (of a woman) to take a lover
- 偷安 to shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking
- 忍辱偷生 to bear humiliation to save one's skin
- 狗偷鼠窃(狗偷鼠竊) a dog robs and a rat steals; a sneaky person
- 偷腥 to cheat on one's spouse; to have an affair
- 偷拍 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
- 偷盗(偷盜) to steal
- 偷眼 to take a furtive look at
- 偷税(偷稅) to evade tax
- 偷运(偷運) to smuggle
- 偷猎(偷獵) to poach
- 偷天换日(偷天換日) to engage in fraudulent activities; skulduggery; to hoodwink people; to cheat somebody audaciously
- 偷笑 to laugh up one's sleeve
- 偷香窃玉(偷香竊玉) stolen scent, pilfered jade; philandering; secret illicit sex
- 惯偷(慣偷) habitual thief
- 小偷 a thief
- 偷窥狂(偷窺狂) voyeur; peeping tom
- 偷情 to carry on a clandestine love affair
- 偷工减料(偷工減料) to skimp on the job and stint on materials
- 偷渡 illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade
- 偷鸡不成蚀把米(偷雞不成蝕把米) to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it; to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 偷懒(偷懶) to goof off; to be lazy
- 偷偷 stealthily; secretly; covertly
- 偷窥(偷窺) to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur
- 偷取 to steal; to abstract; to appropriate
- 偷工 to skimp on the job; to avoid work
- 偷窃(偷竊) to steal
- 偷空 to take some time out; to make use of a spare moment
- 偷闲(偷閒) to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work
- 偷惰 to skive off work; to be lazy
- 忍垢偷生 to bear humiliation to save one's skin
- 偷去 to steal; to make off with; stolen
- 偷袭(偷襲) to mount a sneak attack; to raid
- 偷汉子(偷漢子) (of a woman) to take a lover
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- 第六十三回 Chapter 63 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 13
- 卷四十二 列傳第二 劉穆之 王弘 Volume 42 Biographies 2: Liu Muzhi, Wang Hong Book of Song 宋書 — count: 13
- 第二回 Chapter 61 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
- 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
- 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 第五十二回 Chapter 52 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 第五回 Chapter 5 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 19 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 第十七回 Chapter 17 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
- 卷四十二 蜀書十二 杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 7
Collocations
- 偷儒 (偷儒) 勞苦之事則偷儒轉脫 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 8
- 偷薄 (偷薄) 則離其質朴而偷薄 — Xunzi 荀子, 性惡篇第二十三 Chapter 23: Human Nature is Evil — count: 8
- 偷幸 (偷幸) 則民偷幸 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 7
- 偷合 (偷合) 偷合苟容 — Xunzi 荀子, 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman — count: 7
- 民偷 (民偷) 則民偷幸 — Guanzi 管子, 權修第三 Chapter 3: Cultivating Authority — count: 7
- 偷荣 (偷榮) 偷榮求利 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 5
- 偷乐 (偷樂) 偷樂而後窮 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 六反第四十六 Chapter 46: Six Contraries — count: 3
- 语偷 (語偷) 將不能齊君之語偷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
- 偷可 (偷可) 則偷可用也 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — count: 2
- 毋偷 (毋偷) 使力作毋偷 — Guanzi 管子, 立政第四 Chapter 4: Establishing Governance — count: 2