kòu
  1. to invade
  2. to plunder
  3. bandit
  4. foe
  5. enemy

CEDICT

  1. a surname
  2. bandit; thief; invader
  3. foe; enemy
  4. to invade
  5. to rob; to plunder

Wiktionary

  1. 盗匪外来入侵者
  2. 北魏宋代寇准
  3. 侵犯掠夺

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Containing this entry

kòu old variant of kòu
倭寇 kòu Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
胜者王侯败者寇 shèngzhěwánghóubàizhěkòu
  1. the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. history is written by the victors
司寇 kòu two-character surname Sikou
司寇 kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
kòu old variant of kòu
寇攘 kòurǎng to rob and steal
寇比力克 Kòu see 库布里克
寇准 Kòu Zhǔn Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
成则为王,败则为寇 chéngwéiwáng,bàiwéikòu
  1. lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
  2. fig. losers are always in the wrong
成王败寇 chéngwángbàikòu see 成則為王成则为王败则为寇 chéngwéiwáng,bàiwéikòu
成者为王,败者为寇 chéngzhěwéiwáng,bàizhěwéikòu see 成則為王成则为王败则为寇 chéngwéiwáng,bàiwéikòu
流寇 liúkòu
  1. roving bandit
  2. rebel band
穷寇 qióngkòu cornered enemy
草寇 cǎokòu bandits
落草为寇 luòcǎowéikòu (idiom) to take to the woods to become an outlaw
豆寇年华 dòukòuniánhuá erroneous variant of 豆蔻年华 dòukòuniánhuá
平寇 píngkòu
入寇 kòu
寇城 kòuchéng
寇乱 kòuluàn
倭寇 kòu
海寇 hǎikòu
日寇 kòu
寇雠 kòuchóu
成者王侯败者寇 chéngzhěwánghóubàizhěkòu
外寇 wàikòu
敌寇 kòu
盗寇 dàokòu
养寇自重 yǎngkòuzhòng

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