窃钩者诛，窃国者侯
窃钩者诛，窃国者侯
qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu
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)
Traditional: 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯
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- 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)
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窃国者侯，窃钩者诛(qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū)— 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)
→一丘之貉(yī qiū zhī hé)— jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
→吊诡(diào guǐ)— bizarre
→螳螂捕蝉(táng láng bǔ chán)— the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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