A common thief(mín zéi dú fū)

A common thief

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is m í NZ é ID ú f ū, which means a reactionary ruler who persecutes the people and betrays their relatives. It comes from the book of history, Tai Shi Xia.

The origin of Idioms

According to the book of history, Tai Shi Xia: "if you accept it alone, Hong Wei will be your enemy." "The so-called good officials of today, the so-called civil thieves of ancient times," says Mencius

Analysis of Idioms

Bandits: bad guys who harm the people; Dufu: tyrannical, rebellious rulers.

Word usage

As a subject or object; of reactionary rulers. This dangerous and vicious thought is just opposite to the benevolence and justice theory of Confucius and Mencius orthodoxy. The first section of the first chapter of the second part of the general history of China by Fan Wenlan.

Chinese PinYin : mín zéi dú fū