贼船

賊船
zéichuán
  1. pirate ship
  2. fig. venture of dubious merit
  3. criminal gang
  4. reactionary faction

CEDICT

  1. (by extension) criminal gang
  2. criminal gang
  3. pirate ship

Wiktionary

  1. 盗贼的船。
  2. 比喻专门诱迫人参加坏事或害人的勾当、陷阱。

重編國語辭典

  1. 海盗船
  2. 犯罪集团

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 贼 zéi
  1. thief; robber
  2. (bound form) traitor; subversive
  3. (bound form) evil; wicked
  4. sly; shifty; devious
  5. (literary) to harm; to injure
  6. (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
=2 船 chuán variant of 船 chuán
=2 船 chuán
  1. boat
  2. vessel
  3. ship

classifiers: 條, 艘, 隻

Containing this entry

上贼船 shàngzéichuán
  1. lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. fig. to associate with criminals

Related entries

匪帮 fěibāng
  1. gang of bandits
  2. criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents)
黑帮 hēibāng
  1. bunch of gangsters
  2. criminal gang
  3. organized crime syndicate