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罪魁祸首 (zuì kuí huò shǒu) – criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom)

zuì kuí huò shǒu

criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 罪魁禍首0 example sentences

Definitions

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

Simplified & traditional

罪魁祸首

Simplified

罪魁禍首

Traditional

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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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