"fig. wicked scoundrel" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
害人精	hài rén jīng	goblin that kills or harms people / fig. wicked scoundrel / terrible pest

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
挂羊头卖狗肉掛羊頭賣狗肉	guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu	lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue	syn
狗嘴里吐不出象牙狗嘴裏吐不出象牙	gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá	lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
兔子不吃窝边草兔子不吃窩邊草	tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo	lit. a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (idiom) / fig. even a scoundrel does not do harm in his immediate neighborhood
邪恶邪惡	xié è	sinister / vicious / wicked / evil	syn
恶性惡性	è xìng	malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation)	syn
恶行惡行	è xíng	evil or wicked conduct	syn
邪念	xié niàn	wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire	syn
十恶不赦十惡不赦	shí è bù shè	wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous	syn
奸险奸險	jiān xiǎn	malicious / treacherous / wicked and crafty	syn
歹	dǎi	bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78	syn
刁	diāo	artful / wicked	syn
藏污纳垢藏污納垢	cáng wū nà gòu	to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom) / to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds
豺狼当涂豺狼當涂	chái láng dāng tú	ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
豺狼当路豺狼當路	chái láng dāng lù	ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
丧德喪德	sàng dé	wicked / offending morality
玩人丧德玩人喪德	wán rén sàng dé	to play with others and offend morals / wicked
缺德事	quē dé shì	misdeed / immoral action / wicked deed / a deliberate wrongdoing	syn
缺德鬼	quē dé guǐ	public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
藏垢纳污藏垢納污	cáng gòu nà wū	to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom) / to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds
豺狼塞路	chái láng sāi lù	ravenous wolves block the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
豺狼当道豺狼當道	chái láng dāng dào	ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom) / wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land	syn
君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚	jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qī	good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
劣绅劣紳	liè shēn	evil gentry / wicked landlord	syn
混蛋	hún dàn	scoundrel / bastard / hoodlum / wretch	syn
狼狈狼狽	láng bèi	in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.)	syn
坏蛋壞蛋	huài dàn	bad egg / scoundrel / bastard	syn
恶棍惡棍	è gùn	scoundrel / rogue / bully / villain	syn
大坏蛋大壞蛋	dà huài dàn	scoundrel / bastard
奸人	jiān rén	crafty scoundrel / villain	syn
鼠辈鼠輩	shǔ bèi	a scoundrel / a bad chap	syn
孬种孬種	nāo zhǒng	coward / useless scoundrel	syn
坏东西壞東西	huài dōng xi	bastard / scoundrel / rogue	syn
坏种壞種	huài zhǒng	bad kind / scoundrel
棍	gùn	stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain	syn
乱臣贼子亂臣賊子	luàn chén zéi zǐ	rebels and traitors (idiom) / general term for scoundrel
无籁無籟	wú lài	scoundrel
坏家伙壞家伙	huài jiā huǒ	bad guy / scoundrel / dirty bastard
奸民	jiān mín	a scoundrel / a villain
混球	hún qiú	bastard / wretch / scoundrel
蔫土匪	niān tǔ fěi	scoundrel with an honest demeanor
谬种謬種	miù zhǒng	error / fallacy / misconception / scoundrel / You swine!	syn
二尕子	èr gǎ zi	scoundrel
赤佬	chì lǎo	(dialect) scoundrel / rascal
宵小	xiāo xiǎo	thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain
狗东西狗東西	gǒu dōng xi	scumbag / scoundrel	syn
开花開花	kāi huā	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
鬼扯脚鬼扯腳	guǐ chě jiǎo	lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢	wài yì	(of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
塑造	sù zào	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
架空	jià kōng	to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ	to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu	flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
中招	zhòng zhāo	(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù	small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
出笼出籠	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo	to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi	to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén	(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu	lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
矮化	ǎi huà	(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú	turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
一团漆黑一團漆黑	yī tuán qī hēi	pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation	syn
擦边擦邊	cā biān	to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
切中要害	qiè zhòng yào hài	to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
反裘负刍反裘負芻	fǎn qiú fù chú	lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
夫唱妇随夫唱婦隨	fū chàng fù suí	fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony	syn
操斧伐柯	cāo fǔ fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
旧瓶装新酒舊瓶裝新酒	jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ	lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
来踪去迹來蹤去跡	lái zōng qù jì	the traces of a person's movements / (fig.) sb's history / (fig.) the ins and out of a matter	syn
伐柯	fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
刺儿刺兒	cì r	a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
周瑜打黄盖周瑜打黃蓋	zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài	fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰\|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]
脱裤子放屁脫褲子放屁	tuō kù zi fàng pì	lit. to take off trousers to fart / fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary / fig. to make things too complicated
西克莫无花果西克莫無花果	xī kè mò wú huā guǒ	sycamore fig / common cluster fig
树高千丈，叶落归根樹高千丈，葉落歸根	shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn	fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
万箭穿心萬箭穿心	wàn jiàn chuān xīn	lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste / to rip sb to shreds	syn
回过头来回過頭來	huí guò tóu lái	to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
火候	huǒ hou	heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment	syn
卷铺盖捲鋪蓋	juǎn pū gai	to roll up one's bedding / to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired / to get the sack	syn
操刀	cāo dāo	to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task / to take the reins
放血	fàng xiě	(TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
斩获斬獲	zhǎn huò	to kill or capture (in battle) / (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal) / to win (a medal) / (fig.) to reap rewards / to achieve gains
磋磨	cuō mó	to polish and rub / (fig.) to torment / to torture / (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill
总汇總匯	zǒng huì	(of streams) to come together / to converge / confluence / (fig.) compendium / (fig.) aggregation / (in the name of a shop) emporium / (Tw) club sandwich (abbr. for 總匯三明治\|总汇三明治[zong3hui4 san1ming2zhi4])	syn
踩雷	cǎi léi	to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler
首页首頁	shǒu yè	home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
运行運行	yùn xíng	(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run	syn
空间空間	kōng jiān	space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space	syn

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"fig. wicked scoundrel" Chinese-English Dictionary

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