lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal; to sell oneself to the enemy
trad. 認賊作父
Also written 認賊作父【rèn zéi zuò fù】
Characters in this word
4认
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to recognize, to know, to admit
- Pinyin
- rèn
- Traditional
- 認
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 11489 of 2500
贼
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thief; robber, (bound form) traitor; subversive, (bound form) evil; wicked, sly; shifty; devious, (literary) to harm; to injure, (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- Pinyin
- zéi
- Traditional
- 賊
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4535 of 2500
作
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(bound form) worker, (bound form) workshop, (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- Pinyin
- zuō
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1866 of 2500
父
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(bound form) father, (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]), (computing) (bound form) parent-
- Pinyin
- fù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 11239 of 2500