罪 魁 祸 首

zuìkuí-huòshǒu

“Criminal ringleader” in Chinese is 罪魁祸首.

Meaning

idiomcriminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

Example

听起来好像他是这场灾难的罪魁祸首。

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

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zuìHSK 613 strokesguilt kuíHSK 7-913 strokeschief huòHSK 7-911 strokesdisaster shǒuHSK 39 strokeshead

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