罪 zuì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- Made of
- 罒 net, network 非 not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
罪魁祸首
zuìkuíhuòshǒu
chief culprit; main cause of trouble
Characters in this word
魁 kuí
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 鬼 — ghost
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
祸 huò
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 呙 to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
首 shǒu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首 — chief, head, leader
- Made of
- 丷 horns 自 self
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这场火灾的罪魁祸首是一根没有熄灭的烟头。 Zhè chǎng huǒzāi de zuìkuíhuòshǒu shì yī gēn méiyǒu xīmiè de yāntóu. The chief culprit of the fire was a cigarette butt that had not been put out.
- 医生说，长期熬夜是年轻人身体变差的罪魁祸首。 Yīshēng shuō, chángqī áoyè shì niánqīngrén shēntǐ biànchà de zuìkuíhuòshǒu. The doctor said that staying up late for a long time is the main cause of young people's declining health.
- 别再找借口了，你自己就是这次失败的罪魁祸首。 Bié zài zhǎo jièkǒu le, nǐ zìjǐ jiù shì zhè cì shībài de zuìkuíhuòshǒu. Stop making excuses — you yourself are the culprit of this failure.
Related words
- 罪 zuì crime, guilt
- 得罪 dézuì to offend; to incur the displeasure of
- 犯罪 fànzuì to commit a crime; crime
- 受罪 shòuzuì to suffer; to endure hardship
- 罪犯 zuìfàn criminal; offender
- 夺魁 duókuí to win first place; to come out on top
- 祸害 huòhai scourge; menace; to harm; to ruin
- 首都 shǒudū capital city
- 首先 shǒuxiān first; first of all
- 首 shǒu a measure word for songs and poems
- 首要 shǒuyào primary, chief
- 部首 bùshǒu radical of a Chinese character