罪魁祸首 — Chinese idiom
罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu
Traditional: 罪魁禍首
Meaning
- criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
Character by character
- 罪zuìsin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
- 魁kuíchief, leader; best; monstrous
- 祸huòmisfortune, disaster, calamity
- 首shǒuchief, head, leader
Idioms sharing a character
- 千古罪人 qiān gǔ zuì rén
- 吊民伐罪 diào mín fá zuì
- 怀璧其罪 huái bì qí zuì
- 罪大恶极 zuì dà è jí
- 罪恶滔天 zuì è tāo tiān
- 罪有应得 zuì yǒu yīng dé
- 罪该万死 zuì gāi wàn sǐ
- 负荆请罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì
- 包藏祸心 bāo cáng huò xīn
- 因祸得福 yīn huò dé fú
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