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窃国者侯，窃钩者诛

qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū

9-character word Traditional 竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅

What 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛 means

1. steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ})

The characters in 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛

• 窃qièto steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 窃qièto steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 钩gōuto hook; to sew; to crochet
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 诛zhūto put (a criminal) to death; to punish