顺手牵羊 — Chinese idiom
顺手牵羊
shùn shǒu qiān yáng
Traditional: 順手牽羊
Meaning
- lit. to lead away a goat while passing by
- fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off
Character by character
- 顺shùnto submit to, to obey, to go along with
- 手shǒuhand
- 牵qiānto drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- 羊yángsheep, goat
Idioms sharing a character
- 一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 应天顺时 yìng tiān shùn shí
- 节哀顺变 jié āi shùn biàn
- 耳顺之年 ěr shùn zhī nián
- 逆来顺受 nì lái shùn shòu
- 顺其自然 shùn qí zì rán
- 顺风顺水 shùn fēng shùn shuǐ
- 风调雨顺 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn
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