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窃钩者诛，窃国者侯【qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu】

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[Zhuang1 zi3])

窃钩者诛，窃国者侯【qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu】

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[Zhuang1 zi3])

窃

HSK 7-9

含义secretly, stealthily; steal; thief

拼音qiè

钩

HSK 7-9

含义hook, barb; sickle; stroke with

拼音gōu

者

HSK 24

含义that which; he who; those who

拼音zhě

诛

含义execute, kill, put to death; punish

拼音zhū

国

HSK 1

含义nation, country, nation-state

拼音guó

侯

含义marquis, lord; target in archery

拼音hóu