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猴子偷桃

hóu zi tōu táo

4-character word

What 猴子偷桃 means

1. "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other
2. colloquialgrabbing sb by the balls

The characters in 猴子偷桃

• 猴hóumonkey
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 偷tōuto steal; to pilfer; to snatch
• 桃táopeach

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