老奸巨猾

lǎojiānjùhuá
  1. cunning
  2. crafty
  3. wily old fox

CEDICT

to be extremely cunning and crafty; to be a wily old fox; to be an old hand at trickery and deception

Wiktionary

深歷世情而極奸詐狡猾的人。《文明小史．第五四回》：「王明耀是老奸巨猾，一路談談說說，席上生風，大邊卻一遞一聲的『老憲臺』，叫得個個人肉麻。」也作「老奸巨滑」。

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Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
=2 奸 jiān
  1. wicked
  2. crafty
  3. traitor
  4. variant of 姦 jiān
=2 奸 jiān
  1. to fornicate
  2. to defile
  3. adultery
  4. rape
=3 巨 jù
  1. very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
  2. (coll.) very; extremely
=3 巨 jù variant of 巨 jù
4 猾 huá sly

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