qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu
Traditional: 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 (qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu) is a Chinese word meaning “steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])”.
Meanings
- 1steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
Characters in 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯
窃qiè · to steal钩gōu · to hook者zhě · (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...诛zhū · to put (a criminal) to death窃qiè · to steal国guó · country; nation; state者zhě · (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...侯hóu · marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]