狼狈为奸 — Chinese idiom

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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