| 賊 | 677A50 41C.71-7 | 部居  | 畫數 13 | ㄗㄟˊ [zei2] (sometimes AC re. pr. *ㄗㄜˊ [ze2] ). | ||
| N. | A thief, robber, traitor, rebel, enemy: 盜賊 robbers, bandits; 賊子 a young rascal: 亂臣賊子 rebels and traitors; 賣國賊 a traitor, a quisling; 民賊 an enemy of the people; 家賊 (難防) a thief from within (is hard to guard against); 毛賊 a term of abuse for thieves, a burglar; 賊黨 band of rebels, gang of thieves (robbers); 賊兵 enemy forces, rebel troops; 賊類 robbers, rebels, brigands; 賊首 a rebel chief, the leader of a gang of thieves (robbers); 賊頭兒 ditto; 賊性難改 the habitual criminal is incorrigible; 賊出關門 lock the barn after the horse is stolen; 作賊心虛 uneasy lies the head of one with a guilty conscience; 賊巢 thieves’ (robbers’) den; 賊窠子 ditto; 賊店 an inn run by a member of the underworld; 賊贓 booty, spoils, plunder; 賊相 criminal looks; 賊骨頭 a petty thief; 賊囚根 (子) (abusive) a bad egg; 賊禿 (abusive) (of a monk) a shining pate. | |||||
| V.t. | Kill: 賊害 [zei2hai4]↓; 賊虐 terrorize, ill-treat. | |||||
| Adj. | Wily, treacherous, deceitful: 眼睛發賊 with a villainous look in the eye; 賊眉賊眼 roguish looks; 賊頭賊腦 treacherous looks; 賊鬼溜滑 dishonest, deceitful, tricky. | |||||
| Adv. | Extraordinarily, unusually: 賊亮 [zei2liang4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 賊冰 [zei2bing1], n., treacherous icy spots or road. 2. 賊風 [zei2feng1] ([ze2feng1]), n., a draft which, unnoticed, may cause a cold. 3. 賊鬼 [zei2gui0], adj., sensitive and wily, treacherous. 4. 賊害 [zei2hai4], (1) n., source of trouble, what is injurious; (2) v.t., to murder, kill (person). 5. 賊話兒 [zei2hua4er0], n., as in 聽賊話兒 to eavesdrop. 6. 賊亮 [zei2liang4], adj., uncomfortably bright, glaring, dazzling. 7. 賊肉 [zei2rou4], n., (contempt.) fatty tissue: 長一身賊肉 (of a person) overgrown with fat. 8. 賊性 [zei2xing4], n., (1) wiles, trickery; (2) wickedness, viciousness, villainy. 9. 賊心 [zei2xin1], n., a wicked heart. 10. 賊星 [zei2xing1], n., (1) a meteor; (2) an evil star: 賊星發旺 (sarcastic) (of a mean fellow) have a streak of good luck. 11. 賊眼 [zei2yan3], n., a knavish look. | |||||