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罪魁祸首

zuìkuí-huòshǒu

Traditional: 罪魁禍首

(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

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Meaning of 罪魁祸首 in English

zuìkuí-huòshǒuHSK 7–9Syllabus #10979
  1. (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

Example sentences

  1. 听起来好像他是这场灾难的罪魁祸首。
    tīng qǐ lái hǎo xiàng tā shì zhè chǎng zāi nàn de zuì kuí huò shǒu。
    It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.
    Tatoeba #866231 by kooler · #42619 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

罪 on its own →
zuì · guilt

HSK words with 罪

罪HSK 6得罪HSK 7–9犯罪HSK 7–9受罪HSK 7–9罪犯HSK 7–9
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HSK words with 魁

夺魁HSK 7–9
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HSK words with 祸

车祸HSK 5祸害HSK 7–9
首 on its own →
shǒu · classifier for poems, songs etc

HSK words with 首

首HSK 4首都HSK 4首先HSK 4首次HSK 5首要HSK 6部首HSK 7–9俯首HSK 7–9回首HSK 7–9首创HSK 7–9首付HSK 7–9

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