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Trad. 偷師
- to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
- illegal immigration
- to stowaway (on a ship)
- to steal across the international border
- to run a blockade
- 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
Trad. 偷閑
- to snatch a moment of leisure
- to take a break from work
- also written 偷閒|偷闲[tou1 xian2]
- to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
- "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
Trad. 偷天換日
- to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
- skulduggery
- to hoodwink people
- to cheat sb audaciously
Trad. 偷工減料
- to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
- jerry-building
- sloppy work
Trad. 偷梁換柱
- lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
- to replace the original with a fake
- to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
- 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
Trad. 偷雞摸狗
- to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
- to pilfer
- to dally with women
- to have affairs
Trad. 偷香竊玉
- lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
- secret illicit sex
- to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
Trad. 鑿壁偷光
- lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
- fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
Trad. 偷雞不成蝕把米
- 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
Trad. 偷雞不著蝕把米
- see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]
Trad. 不怕賊偷就怕賊惦記
- much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)