Results for “偷”

to take a furtive look at

to take some time out / to make use of a spare moment

voyeur / peeping tom

to laugh up one's sleeve

to cheat on one's spouse / to have an affair

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

to snatch a moment of leisure / to take a break from work / also written 偷閒|偷闲[tōu xián]

to snatch a moment of leisure / to take a break from work

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

see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ]

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs

lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom) / philandering / secret illicit sex

to be law-abiding (idiom)

much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)

erhua form of 小偷[xiǎo tōu]

to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)

(idiom) to snatch a moment of leisure in the midst of a busy schedule

habitual thief

"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

master thief

seeking only ease and comfort (idiom) / making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities

to drift and live without purpose (idiom) / to drag out an ignoble existence

lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship

(dialect) cockroach