罪
魁
祸
首

Criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) in Chinese: 罪魁祸首 (zuì kuí huò shǒu)

zuì kuí huò shǒu

criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 罪魁禍首1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2fig. main cause of a disaster

Stroke order

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罪
魁
祸
首

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄗㄨㄟˋ

zuì

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄎㄨㄟˊ

kuí

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄛˋ

huò

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

罪魁祸首

Simplified

罪魁禍首

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 污染环境的罪魁祸首是这家工厂。

    wū rǎn huán jìng de zuì kuí huò shǒu shì zhè jiā gōng chǎng。

    The main culprit polluting the environment is this factory.

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Related words

首

shǒu

head

罪

zuì

guilt

首都

shǒu dū

capital (city)

首先

shǒu xiān

first (of all)

罪犯

zuì fàn

criminal

犯罪

fàn zuì

to commit a crime

首次

shǒu cì

first

首脑

shǒu nǎo

head (of state)

首席

shǒu xí

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

首相

shǒu xiàng

prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

罪恶

zuì è

crime

车祸

chē huò

traffic accident

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