胡子 鬍子 hú zi beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair / CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1] / (coll.) bandit syn 强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force) / bandit / robber / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 狐狸 hú li fox / fig. sly and treacherous person syn 劫匪 jié fěi bandit / robber 暴徒 bào tú bandit / thug / ruffian syn 马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe syn 阴险 陰險 yīn xiǎn treacherous / sinister syn 匪徒 fěi tú gangster / bandit syn 土匪 tǔ fěi bandit syn 毒手 dú shǒu deadly blow / vicious attack / treacherous assault syn 凶险 兇險 xiōng xiǎn dangerous / ruthless / treacherous syn 变幻莫测 變幻莫測 biàn huàn mò cè to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous syn 盗匪 盜匪 dào fěi bandit syn 诡诈 詭詐 guǐ zhà sly / treacherous syn 奸臣 jiān chén a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state syn 匪首 fěi shǒu bandit syn 鬼蜮 guǐ yù treacherous person / evil spirit syn 诡谲 詭譎 guǐ jué weird / sly / treacherous syn 毛子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 险滩 險灘 xiǎn tān shoals / rapids / treacherous section of a river 流寇 liú kòu roving bandit / rebel band 叵测 叵測 pǒ cè unfathomable / unpredictable / treacherous 奸邪 jiān xié crafty and evil / a treacherous villain syn 奸猾 jiān huá treacherous / crafty / deceitful syn 盗 盜 dào to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber syn 寇 kòu to invade / to plunder / bandit / foe / enemy syn 匪 fěi bandit / (literary) not syn 奸险 奸險 jiān xiǎn malicious / treacherous / wicked and crafty syn 认贼作父 認賊作父 rèn zéi zuò fù lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom) / fig. a complete betrayal / to sell oneself to the enemy syn 共匪 gòng fěi communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) 阴险毒辣 陰險毒辣 yīn xiǎn dú là treacherous and murderous syn 匪盗 匪盜 fěi dào bandit syn 叛匪 pàn fěi rebel bandit 奇谲 奇譎 qí jué strange and deceitful / sly / treacherous 奸官 jiān guān a treacherous official / a mandarin who conspires against the state 倾危 傾危 qīng wēi in danger of collapse / in a parlous state / (of person) treacherous 大奸似忠 大姦似忠 dà jiān sì zhōng the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom) 阴鸷 陰鷙 yīn zhì malicious / treacherous 蛇蝎 蛇蠍 shé xiē (fig.) malevolent / treacherous syn 白匪 bái fěi white bandit (i.e. Nationalist soldier) syn 刘邦 劉邦 liú bāng Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC) 匪穴 fěi xué bandit den / rebel stronghold syn 渠魁 qú kuí rebel leader / ringleader / bandit chieftain 窜犯 竄犯 cuàn fàn to raid / an intrusion (of the enemy, or bandit groups) syn 逆贼 逆賊 nì zéi renegade / traitor and bandit 顽匪 頑匪 wán fěi gangster / bandit 赤匪 chì fěi red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) 对着和尚骂贼秃 對著和尚罵賊禿 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely 成则为王,败则为寇 成則為王,敗則為寇 chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong 胡匪 鬍匪 hú fěi bandit (old) syn 匪巢 fěi cháo bandit stronghold syn 宵小 xiāo xiǎo thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain 大盗 大盜 dà dào thief / bandit (esp. one who has gained notoriety) 悍匪 hàn fěi brutal bandit / ferocious criminal 江洋大盗 江洋大盜 jiāng yáng - dà dào (idiom) infamous pirate / (by extension) notorious bandit or robber