qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū
Traditional: 竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅
窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 (qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū) is a Chinese word meaning “steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])”.
Meanings
- 1steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
Characters in 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛
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]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