lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom); fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off
trad. 順手牽羊
Also written 順手牽羊【shùn shǒu qiān yáng】
Characters in this word
4顺
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to obey, to follow, to arrange, to make reasonable, along, favorable
- Pinyin
- shùn
- Traditional
- 順
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 19020 of 2500
手
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hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 490 of 2500
牵
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to lead along, to pull (an animal on a tether), (bound form) to involve, to draw in
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Traditional
- 牽
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 11800 of 2500
羊
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surname Yang
- Pinyin
- Yáng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5325 of 2500