Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
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| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 偷 | 偷 | tōu | tou1 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | ||
| 2 | 偷偷 | 偷偷 | tōu tōu | tou1 tou1 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | ||
| 3 | 偷安 | 偷安 | tōu ān | tou1 an1 | to shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking | ||
| 4 | 偷鸡不成蚀把米 | 偷雞不成蝕把米 | tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ | tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3 | lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom); fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off; to go for wool and come back shorn | ||
| 5 | 偷换 | 偷換 | tōu huàn | tou1 huan4 | to substitute on the sly | ||
| 6 | 偷汉子 | 偷漢子 | tōu hàn zi | tou1 han4 zi5 | (of a woman) to take a lover | ||
| 7 | 珠泪偷弹 | 珠淚偷彈 | zhū lèi tōu tán | zhu1 lei4 tou1 tan2 | sad with hidden tears (idiom) | ||
| 8 | 偷工减料 | 偷工減料 | tōu gōng jiǎn liào | tou1 gong1 jian3 liao4 | to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work | ||
| 9 | 偷工 | 偷工 | tōu gōng | tou1 gong1 | to skimp on the job; to avoid work | ||
| 10 | 偷惰 | 偷惰 | tōu duò | tou1 duo4 | to skive off work; to be lazy | ||
| 11 | 偷渡者 | 偷渡者 | tōu dù zhě | tou1 du4 zhe3 | smuggled illegal alien; stowaway | ||
| 12 | 偷渡 | 偷渡 | tōu dù | tou1 du4 | illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade | ||
| 13 | 偷盗 | 偷盜 | tōu dào | tou1 dao4 | to steal | ||
| 14 | 偷吃 | 偷吃 | tōu chī | tou1 chi1 | to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful | ||
| 15 | 苟且偷安 | 苟且偷安 | gǒu qiě tōu ān | gou3 qie3 tou1 an1 | seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself; taking things easily without attending to responsibilities | ||
| 16 | 送暖偷寒 | 送暖偷寒 | sòng nuǎn tōu hán | song4 nuan3 tou1 han2 | to have loving concern for each other (of young lovers) (idiom) | ||
| 17 | 忍辱偷生 | 忍辱偷生 | rěn rǔ tōu shēng | ren3 ru3 tou1 sheng1 | to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) | ||
| 18 | 忍垢偷生 | 忍垢偷生 | rěn gòu tōu shēng | ren3 gou4 tou1 sheng1 | to endure humiliation in order to stay alive (idiom); ; to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom) | ||
| 19 | 窃玉偷香 | 竊玉偷香 | qiè yù tōu xiāng | qie4 yu4 tou1 xiang1 | philander (of men) | ||
| 20 | 糜衣偷食 | 糜衣偷食 | mí yī tōu shí | mi2 yi1 tou1 shi2 | extravagant clothing and luxurious food (idiom) | ||
| 21 | 忙里偷闲 | 忙裡偷閑 | máng lǐ tōu xián | mang2 li3 tou1 xian2 | to snatch a little leisure from a busy life (idiom) | ||
| 22 | 连偷带扒 | 連偷帶扒 | lián tōu dài pá | lian2 tou1 dai4 pa2 | to steal by all means (idiom) | ||
| 23 | 猴子偷桃 | 猴子偷桃 | hóu zi tōu táo | hou2 zi5 tou1 tao2 | "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other; (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls | ||
| 24 | 惯偷 | 慣偷 | guàn tōu | guan4 tou1 | habitual thief | ||
| 25 | 狗偷鼠窃 | 狗偷鼠竊 | gǒu tōu shǔ qiè | gou3 tou1 shu3 qie4 | petty theft (idiom) |
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