认贼作父

Traditional form:

認賊作父

Pinyin (reading):

rènzéizuòfù

Definitions:

• lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
• to sell oneself to the enemy

Characters:

• 认 - to know, to recognize, to understand
• 贼 - thief, traitor; cunning, sly
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 父 - father, dad

Traditional characters:

• 認 - to know, to recognize, to understand
• 賊 - thief, traitor; cunning, sly
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 父 - father, dad