罪魁祸首 meaning in English

zuìkuí-huòshǒu

(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

HSK 7-9Traditional 罪魁禍首46 strokes

Meaning of 罪魁祸首

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zuìkuíhuòshǒu

(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men都dōu不bù认rèn为wéi他tā是shì事shì故gù的de罪zuì魁kuí祸huò首shǒu。

None of us thought he was to blame for the accident.

听tīng起qǐ来lái好hǎo像xiàng他tā是shì这zhè场chǎng灾zāi难nàn的de罪zuì魁kuí祸huò首shǒu。

It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.

这zhè前qián所suǒ未wèi闻wén, 犯fàn罪zuì嫌xián疑yí人rén的de律lǜ师shī竟jìng然rán是shì真zhēn正zhèng的de罪zuì魁kuí祸huò首shǒu。

It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.

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Words that share a character with 罪魁祸首.

首先	shǒuxiān	first of all; in the first place
首都	shǒudū	capital (city)
犯罪	fànzuì	to commit a crime; crime; offense
首相	shǒuxiàng	prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
首席	shǒuxí	seat of honor; chief (representative, correspondent etc)
罪恶	zuì'è	crime; evil
首次	shǒucì	first; first time
首脑	shǒunǎo	head (of state); summit (meeting)
罪犯	zuìfàn	criminal
车祸	chēhuò	traffic accident; car crash
元首	yuánshǒu	head of state
得罪	dézuì	to commit an offense; to violate the law

What does 罪魁祸首 mean?

罪魁祸首 (zuìkuí-huòshǒu) means "(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster".

How do you write 罪魁祸首?

罪魁祸首 is made of 4 characters: 罪 (13 strokes), 魁 (13 strokes), 祸 (11 strokes), 首 (9 strokes). That is 46 strokes in total.

Is 罪魁祸首 an HSK word?

Yes. 罪魁祸首 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 罪魁祸首 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 罪魁祸首 is written 罪魁禍首.