WordTaiwan frequency #25,025
罪魁禍首
ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
“chief culprit; main instigator of a crime or disaster”
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罪
ㄗㄨㄟˋ
Crime; offense; guilt; fault; sin; blame; punishment; hardship; suffering.
魁
ㄎㄨㄟˊ
Leader; chief; outstanding person; first place in a competition; tall and strong; archaic ladle.
禍
ㄏㄨㄛˋ
Disaster; misfortune; calamity; trouble; harm; to bring disaster upon; to suffer disaster.
首
ㄕㄡˇ
Head; chief; leader; first or beginning; classifier for poems or songs; the front or side.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 首度ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨˋfirst time; for the first time; initial occurrence
- 首先ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄢfirst of all; in the first place; before anything else; initially
- 犯罪ㄈㄢˋ ㄗㄨㄟˋto commit a crime; a criminal act; an offense against the law.
- 首都capital city; the seat of government of a country or region.
- 車禍ㄔㄜ ㄏㄨㄛˋtraffic accident; car crash; collision involving vehicles, often causing injury or death.
- 首次ㄕㄡˇ ㄘˋfor the first time; initial; first occurrence; first time
- 首長ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄤˇsenior official; highest-ranking leader; chief; head of an organization or government body
- 罪嫌ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊa suspect; a person suspected of a crime; someone under suspicion of having committed an offense
- 首相ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄤˋprime minister; head of government in parliamentary systems, especially in Japan or the United Kingdom.
- 首席ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧˊchief; highest-ranking person; leader; head (of an organization or group); most senior or prominent position
- 無罪ㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋnot guilty of a crime; innocent; without fault or blame.
- 首要ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄠˋmost important; primary; chief; foremost; of chief importance; top priority.