窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

Traditional: 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯

qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu

Dictionary entry

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])

What does 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 mean?

窃钩者诛，窃国者侯 (qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu) has the following dictionary meaning.

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])

Character breakdown

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窃qièto steal · secretly 钩gōuvariant of 鉤|钩[gou1]者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... · (after a noun) person involved in ...诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death · to punish 国Guósurname Guo 侯Hóusurname Hou

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窃钩者诛，窃国者侯

qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu

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