罪魁祸首
Traditional form:
罪魁禍首
Pinyin (reading):
zuìkuíhuòshǒu
Definitions:
- criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
- fig. main cause of a disaster
Characters:
- 罪 - sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
- 魁 - chief, leader; best; monstrous
- 祸 - misfortune, disaster, calamity
- 首 - chief, head, leader
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