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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
顺手牵羊
lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom)
02
fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 顺手牵羊 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 顺手牵羊.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 顺手牵羊.
Directly before
- 是顺手牵羊1
- 你顺手牵羊1
Directly after
- 顺手牵羊的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 顺手牵羊
What does 顺手牵羊 mean in Chinese?
顺手牵羊 (shùnshǒuqiānyáng) means lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom).
How do you pronounce 顺手牵羊?
顺手牵羊 is pronounced shùnshǒuqiānyáng.
Is 顺手牵羊 an HSK word?
顺手牵羊 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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