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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
不怕賊偷就怕賊惦記	不怕贼偷就怕贼惦记	[bu4 pa4 zei2 tou1 jiu4 pa4 zei2 dian4 ji4]	/much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)/	1538	1
不偷不搶	不偷不抢	[bu4 tou1 bu4 qiang3]	/to be law-abiding (idiom)/	1646	1
苟安	苟安	[gou3 an1]	/see 苟且偷安[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]/	5551	1
苟且偷安	苟且偷安	[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]	/seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself/taking things easily without attending to responsibilities/	6333	1
苟且偷生	苟且偷生	[gou3 qie3 tou1 sheng1]	/to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence/	6333	1
慣偷	惯偷	[guan4 tou1]	/habitual thief/	5010	1
猴子偷桃	猴子偷桃	[hou2 zi5 tou1 tao2]	/"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other/(coll.) grabbing sb by the balls/	4960	1
忙裡偷閑	忙里偷闲	[[mang2li3-tou1xian2]]	/(idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule/	57	2
忍辱偷生	忍辱偷生	[ren3 ru3 tou1 sheng1]	/to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)/	6333	1
神偷	神偷	[[shen2tou1]]	/master thief/	646	2
偷	偷	[tou1]	/to steal/to pilfer/to snatch/thief/stealthily/	5634	1
偸	偸	[tou1]	/variant of 偷[tou1]/	5896	1
偷安	偷安	[tou1 an1]	/to shirk responsibility/thoughtless pleasure-seeking/	6377	1
偷吃	偷吃	[tou1 chi1]	/to eat on the sly/to pilfer food/to be unfaithful/	5616	1
偷盜	偷盗	[tou1 dao4]	/to steal/	7044	1
偷渡	偷渡	[tou1 du4]	/illegal immigration/to stowaway (on a ship)/to steal across the international border/to run a blockade/	5790	1
偷渡者	偷渡者	[tou1 du4 zhe3]	/smuggled illegal alien/stowaway/	5830	1
偷惰	偷惰	[tou1 duo4]	/to skive off work/to be lazy/	7044	1
偷工	偷工	[tou1 gong1]	/to skimp on the job/to avoid work/	7044	1
偷工減料	偷工减料	[tou1 gong1 jian3 liao4]	/to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)/jerry-building/sloppy work/	6333	1
偷換	偷换	[tou1 huan4]	/to substitute on the sly/	3099	1
偷雞不成蝕把米	偷鸡不成蚀把米	[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]	/lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)/fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off/to go for wool and come back shorn/	5027	1
偷雞不著蝕把米	偷鸡不着蚀把米	[tou1 ji1 bu4 zhao2 shi2 ba3 mi3]	/see 偷雞不成蝕把米\|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]/	5027	1
偷雞摸狗	偷鸡摸狗	[tou1 ji1 mo1 gou3]	/to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)/to pilfer/to dally with women/to have affairs/	2703	1
偷加	偷加	[tou1 jia1]	/to surreptitiously add (sth that shouldn't be there)/	1914	1
偷看	偷看	[tou1 kan4]	/to peep/to peek/to steal a glance/	5946	1
偷空	偷空	[tou1 kong4]	/to take some time out/to make use of a spare moment/	3398	1
偷窺	偷窥	[tou1 kui1]	/to peep/to peek/to act as voyeur/	6500	1
偷窺狂	偷窥狂	[tou1 kui1 kuang2]	/voyeur/peeping tom/	6500	1
偷懶	偷懒	[tou1 lan3]	/to goof off/to be lazy/	7101	1
偷梁換柱	偷梁换柱	[tou1 liang2 huan4 zhu4]	/lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column/to replace the original with a fake/to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)/	6113	1
偷獵	偷猎	[tou1 lie4]	/to poach/	5550	1
偷獵者	偷猎者	[tou1 lie4 zhe3]	/poacher/	7101	1
偷漏	偷漏	[tou1 lou4]	/to evade (taxes)/	5148	1
偷排	偷排	[tou1 pai2]	/to dump illegally/	3495	1
偷竊	偷窃	[tou1 qie4]	/to steal/to pilfer/	5873	1
偷情	偷情	[tou1 qing2]	/to carry on a clandestine love affair/	6252	1
偷取	偷取	[tou1 qu3]	/to steal/	2344	1
偷去	偷去	[tou1 qu4]	/to steal/to make off with/stolen/	6855	1
偷生	偷生	[tou1 sheng1]	/to live without purpose/	7101	1
偷稅	偷税	[tou1 shui4]	/tax evasion/	6778	1
偷天換日	偷天换日	[tou1 tian1 huan4 ri4]	/to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)/skulduggery/to hoodwink people/to cheat sb audaciously/	4169	1
偷聽	偷听	[tou1 ting1]	/to eavesdrop/to monitor (secretly)/	7101	1
偷偷	偷偷	[tou1 tou1]	/stealthily/secretly/covertly/furtively/on the sly/	6627	1
偷襲	偷袭	[tou1 xi2]	/to mount a sneak attack/to raid/	4959	1
偷閑	偷闲	[tou1 xian2]	/to snatch a moment of leisure/to take a break from work/also written 偷閒\|偷闲[tou1 xian2]/	2367	1
偷閒	偷闲	[tou1 xian2]	/to snatch a moment of leisure/to take a break from work/	6296	1
偷香竊玉	偷香窃玉	[tou1 xiang1 qie4 yu4]	/lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering/secret illicit sex/	6350	1
偷笑	偷笑	[tou1 xiao4]	/to laugh up one's sleeve/	5381	1
偷腥	偷腥	[tou1 xing1]	/to cheat on one's spouse/to have an affair/	4668	1
偷眼	偷眼	[tou1 yan3]	/to take a furtive look at/	6110	1
偷運	偷运	[tou1 yun4]	/to smuggle/	6707	1
偷漢	偷汉	[[tou1han4]]	/see 偷漢子\|偷汉子[tou1han4zi5]/	222	2
偷漢子	偷汉子	[[tou1han4zi5]]	/(of a married woman) to cheat on her husband; to have an affair/	222	2
偷摸	偷摸	[[tou1mo1]]	/surreptitious; sneaky/	737	2
偷拍	偷拍	[[tou1pai1]]	/to photograph or film sb without their knowledge or consent/	449	2
偷跑	偷跑	[[tou1pao3]]	/to sneak off; to slip away/(sports) to jump the gun; to make a false start/(fig.) to jump the gun; to start doing sth before it's allowed/(of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release/	924	2
偷人	偷人	[[tou1ren2]]	/(of a married woman) to cheat on her husband; to have an affair/	222	2
偷師	偷师	[[tou1shi1]]	/to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods/	501	2
偷偷摸摸	偷偷摸摸	[[tou1tou1-mo1mo1]]	/(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky/	503	2
偷油婆	偷油婆	[[tou1you2po2]]	/(dialect) cockroach/	338	2
偷子	偷子	[[tou1zi5]]	/thief/	703	2
小偷	小偷	[xiao3 tou1]	/thief/	6863	1
小偷小摸	小偷小摸	[[xiao3tou1-xiao3mo1]]	/to engage in petty theft/	276	2
小偷兒	小偷儿	[[xiao3tou1r5]]	/erhua form of 小偷[xiao3tou1]/	323	2
鑿壁偷光	凿壁偷光	[zao2 bi4 tou1 guang1]	/lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)/fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship/	4125	1

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