落草为寇 — Chinese idiom
落草为寇
luò cǎo wéi kòu
Traditional: 落草為寇
Meaning
- to take to the woods to become an outlaw
Character by character
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
- 草cǎograss, herbs; straw, thatch
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 寇kòubandit, thief; enemy; to invade
Idioms sharing a character
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng
- 七零八落 qī líng bā luò
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
- 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò
- 参差错落 cēn cī cuò luò
- 名落孙山 míng luò Sūn Shān
- 告一段落 gào yī duàn luò
- 丧魂落魄 sàng hún luò pò
- 尘埃落定 chén āi luò dìng
- 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò
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