"Beware of thieves!" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
谨防扒手謹防扒手	jǐn fáng pá shǒu	Be on guard against pickpockets! / Beware of thieves!
谨防謹防	jǐn fáng	to guard against / to beware of	syn
来者不善，善者不来來者不善，善者不來	lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái	He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年黃鼠狼給雞拜年	huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián	Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
杀君马者道旁儿殺君馬者道旁兒	shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér	lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
卧底臥底	wò dǐ	to hide (as an undercover agent) / an insider (in a gang of thieves) / a mole
贼窝賊窩	zéi wō	thieves' lair	syn
汉贼不两立漢賊不兩立	hàn zéi bù liǎng lì	lit. Shu Han 蜀漢\|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
狗窦狗竇	gǒu dòu	dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves
胠箧者流胠篋者流	qū qiè zhě liú	thieves / pilferers
迷魂香	mí hún xiāng	a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims

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