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毛贼

máo zéi

2-character word Traditional 毛賊

What 毛贼 means

1. thief

The characters in 毛贼

• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 贼zéithief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked

Sounds the same

Read máo zéi, tone for tone, but written differently.

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