罪魁祸首

罪魁祸首罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ zeoi6 fui1 wo6 sau2 HSK 7-9

(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 罪 (1 of 4) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

罪 radical 罒 = 罒非
魁 radical 鬼 = 鬼斗
祸 radical 礻 = 礻呙
首 radical 首 = 丷自

Example sentences

我們都不認為他是事故的罪魁禍首。 None of us thought he was to blame for the accident.
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.
這前所未聞, 犯罪嫌疑人的律師竟然是真正的罪魁禍首。 It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.
该报文章中将被告人描述成一个罪魁祸首，尽管他已经被证明是无辜的了。 The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.

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