狼狈为奸 — Chinese idiom
狼狈为奸
láng bèi wéi jiān
Traditional: 狼狽為奸
Meaning
- villains collude together ; to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)
Character by character
- 狼lángwolf
- 狈bèia legendary wolf; distressed, wretched
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 奸jiāncrafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adul
Idioms sharing a character
- 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì
- 杯盘狼藉 bēi pán láng jí
- 狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
- 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū
- 狼子野心 láng zǐ yě xīn
- 狼心狗肺 láng xīn gǒu fèi
- 狼烟四起 láng yān sì qǐ
- 狼虫虎豹 láng chóng hǔ bào
- 豺狼当道 chái láng dāng dào
- 豺狼虎豹 chái láng hǔ bào
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