"thieves' lair" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
贼窝 賊窩 zéi wō thieves' lair syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent) / an insider (in a gang of thieves) / a mole
巢穴 cháo xué lair / nest / den / hideout syn
窝点 窩點 wō diǎn lair / den (of illegal activities)
nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn
渊薮 淵藪 yuān sǒu (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt / lair / nest / den / hotbed
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
谨防扒手 謹防扒手 jǐn fáng pá shǒu Be on guard against pickpockets! / Beware of thieves!
迷魂香 mí hún xiāng a kind of sleeping gas or smoke used by thieves to incapacitate victims
不入虎穴焉得虎子 bù rù hǔ xué yān dé hǔ zǐ how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair / nothing venture / nothing to gain or have
shāo jungle grass / lair
不入虎穴,焉得虎子 bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom) / Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
窝子 窩子 wō zi lair / den / stronghold
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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