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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.steal; burglarize
书包被人偷了。
The bag was stolen.
偷东西是违法的。
It's illegal to steal.
我的钱包被偷了。
My purse was stolen.
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- 2
n.thief; burglar; pilferer; housebreaker
小偷
thief
惯偷
habitual thief
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- 3
adv.stealthily; secretly
偷看
glance
偷听
listen in stealthily
偷录谈话内容
secretly record the content of conversation
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- 4
v.find (time); take (time) off
忙里偷闲
snatch a little leisure time from a busy schedule
偷空
take time off from work to do something else
偷着玩手机
secretly playing with mobile phone
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- 5
v.drift along; muddle through
他苟且偷生。
He lives on without ambition.
Words and phrases with 偷
- 偷窃癖[word]kleptomania
- 偷偷[word]secretly
- 偷窃罪[word]crime of theft
- 偷汉[word]commit adultery
- 偷巧[word]take a crafty shortcut; shirk by avoiding the difficult and time-consuming
- 偷猎者[word]poacher
- 偷乘[word]steal a ride
- 偷漏[word]evade
- 偷人[word]carry on a clandestine love affair with a man
- 偷香窃玉[idiom]have illicit sexual relations
- 偷合苟容[idiom]fawn
- 偷奸取巧[idiom]be opportunistic
- 偷鸡摸狗[idiom]steal; have illicit affairs with a woman
- 偷偷摸摸[idiom]furtive
- 偷梁换柱[idiom]perpetrate a fraud
- 偷鸡盗狗[idiom]engage in crooked dealings
- 偷天换日[idiom]perpetrate a gigantic fraud
- 偷工减料[idiom]do shoddy work and use inferior material; cut corners at work to save somebody trouble