(bird species of China) long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
篡贼篡賊cuan4 zei2
usurper
盗贼盜賊dao4 zei2
robber
独夫民贼獨夫民賊du2 fu1 min2 zei2
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
短尾贼鸥短尾賊鷗duan3 wei3 zei2 ou1
(bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
对着和尚骂贼秃對著和尚罵賊禿dui4 zhe5 he2 shang5 ma4 zei2 tu1
lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom); fig. to scold sb indirectly; to criticize obliquely
飞贼飛賊fei1 zei2
cat burglar; burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls; intruding enemy airman; air marauder
狗贼狗賊gou3 zei2
(insult) brigand; swindler
关门捉贼關門捉賊guan1 men2 zhuo1 zei2
to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)
惯贼慣賊guan4 zei2
habitual thief
国贼國賊guo2 zei2
traitor to the nation
海贼海賊hai3 zei2
pirate
海贼版海賊版hai3 zei2 ban3
pirate version; bootleg
海贼王海賊王hai3 zei2 wang2
One Piece (manga and anime)
汉贼不两立漢賊不兩立han4 zei2 bu4 liang3 li4
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom); fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky; (former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
积贼積賊ji1 zei2
confirmed thief
鸡贼雞賊ji1 zei2
(dialect) stingy; miserly; crafty; cunning
奸贼奸賊jian1 zei2
a traitor; a treacherous bandit
老家贼老家賊lao3 jia1 zei2
(dialect) sparrow
乱臣贼子亂臣賊子luan4 chen2 zei2 zi3
rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel
马贼馬賊ma3 zei2
horse thief; (old) group of horse-mounted bandits
卖国贼賣國賊mai4 guo2 zei2
traitor
麦氏贼鸥麥氏賊鷗mai4 shi4 zei2 ou1
(bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
蟊贼蟊賊mao2 zei2
grain eating insect; lit. and fig. vermin; a person harmful to the country and the people
民贼独夫民賊獨夫min2 zei2 du2 fu1
tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
闹贼鬧賊nao4 zei2
(coll.) to be burglarized
逆贼逆賊ni4 zei2
renegade; traitor and bandit
叛贼叛賊pan4 zei2
renegade; traitor
枪乌贼槍烏賊qiang1 wu1 zei2
squid
窃贼竊賊qie4 zei2
thief
擒贼擒王擒賊擒王qin2 zei2 qin2 wang2
to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
认贼作父認賊作父ren4 zei2 zuo4 fu4
lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal; to sell oneself to the enemy
山贼山賊shan1 zei2
brigand
乌贼烏賊wu1 zei2
cuttlefish
误上贼船誤上賊船wu4 shang4 zei2 chuan2
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship; to embark on a hopeless adventure